This webpage briefly explains executive functioning – skills like organizing, planning, and paying attention – and theory of mind – being able to recognize how others think and feel and how these feelings relate to oneself.
Temple Grandin lists six ways to make the transition successfully.
This web page offers suggestions and guidelines to job seekers and service providers working with job seekers about when to disclose about a disability and who to inform.
This web page presents employees with an explanation of how to manage stress.
This section of the website provides information to people with disabilities who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs or starting their own small businesses.
Best Buddies is an organization that creates opportunities for people with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to establish friendships as well as engage in integrated employment opportunities and leadership development.
The National Youth Leadership Network is a youth-led organization that supports and empowers young people with disabilities.
The purpose of this toolkit is to help self-advocates, family members and support people plan for transition, the period in which individuals with IDD exit high school and move into the world of adult services.
This webpage contains lesson plans provided by Green Mountain Self-Advocates to provide peer support to individuals who are unemployed or underemployed.
This website provides data on employment of people with disabilities.
