Comments on: CT Pilot Program for ASD Adults in Danger http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ct-pilot-program-for-asd-adults-in-danger/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:28:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Janet Alampi http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ct-pilot-program-for-asd-adults-in-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-565462 Janet Alampi Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:57:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/ct-pilot-program-for-asd-adults-in-danger/#comment-565462 For the last year and a half, a group of us (university faculty, corporate trainers and coaches) have been working with young adults with Asperger's, ADHD and a variety of other diagnoses. We conducted a pilot program that consisted of group sessions and individual coaching. We spent hundreds of hours to develop a curriculum around key skills needed to get and keep a job. During the pilot program, we offered these services at no charge. When the pilot ended last summer, we began to charge modest fees. This sort of education and support is absolutely necessary for the young people with whom we work. As your article notes, there is otherwise a 90% chance they'll end up underemployed or unemployed. But it doesn't have to be this way. Aspergians may need support in one form or another during much or all of their lives. But they can have a fulfilling career if they're given appropriate assistance. If parents want to find out more, they can reach me by email, and I'll be happy to help. For the last year and a half, a group of us (university faculty, corporate trainers and coaches) have been working with young adults with Asperger’s, ADHD and a variety of other diagnoses. We conducted a pilot program that consisted of group sessions and individual coaching. We spent hundreds of hours to develop a curriculum around key skills needed to get and keep a job. During the pilot program, we offered these services at no charge. When the pilot ended last summer, we began to charge modest fees.

This sort of education and support is absolutely necessary for the young people with whom we work. As your article notes, there is otherwise a 90% chance they’ll end up underemployed or unemployed.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. Aspergians may need support in one form or another during much or all of their lives. But they can have a fulfilling career if they’re given appropriate assistance. If parents want to find out more, they can reach me by email, and I’ll be happy to help.

]]> By: Phil Schwarz http://www.blisstree.com/articles/ct-pilot-program-for-asd-adults-in-danger/comment-page-1/#comment-564757 Phil Schwarz Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:36:27 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/ct-pilot-program-for-asd-adults-in-danger/#comment-564757 There's a couple of unresolved references to "Rosenwald" in the news story excerpt you quoted above, Kristina... can you insert a square-bracketed descriptor identifying who Rosenwald is, before the first one? Up here in Massachusetts, the <a href="http://www.aane.org">Asperger's Association of New England</a> likewise has lost some anticipated funding for a pilot program for adults that it is just now starting up. The program will move forward, but will have to charge fee-for-service in situations not originally anticipated. There’s a couple of unresolved references to “Rosenwald” in the news story excerpt you quoted above, Kristina… can you insert a square-bracketed descriptor identifying who Rosenwald is, before the first one?

Up here in Massachusetts, the Asperger’s Association of New England likewise has lost some anticipated funding for a pilot program for adults that it is just now starting up. The program will move forward, but will have to charge fee-for-service in situations not originally anticipated.

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