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My Autistic daughter got jobs at fast food restaurants. Would last 2-3 weeks get fired or quite and move onto the next job. Also worked at Good Will. It took about four years before she settled into a… read more
My son has Asperger's and is a senior in high school. Does anyone know of scholarships for kids with Asperger's or Autism to help them attend college? Thank you for your help!!
Anyone looking for this (or anything else) should really use Google which is an AWESOME tool. Google "Aspergers" and "scholarship" and you'll find several things, including this good program:
"In… read more
My son is 21, lives with me and I need to plan for his future! He is on 100% disability and could work part-time if the situation was right. He is social. He can take care of his daily needs but needs help with finances, driving, etc.
I used to help with a program that placed people with disabilities with workers for x number of hours per day in an apartment. The worker would come in, help with grocery lists, take them shopping… read more
When my daughter was recently diagnosed with autism I forgot to ask the doctor this question. I'm just curious to know if she also has intellectual disability. I'm a little confused.
You are amazing wow after reading your story. My jake doesn't like loud noises you bring somthing special to this group and glad you are hear
After 2 trial work sessions, a govt agency (DARS) determined that he is incapable of competitive employment. He was fired from the 2 jobs that he has had in the past. Things seem hopeless.
I would check in your area to see where adults with disabilites go to school. They usually have someone to help access your child & find an employer.
I am living in Malaysia
The definition of homeschool here is a center setup with small number of students. (Homeschool here may have different definition to most other countries, where it means strictly doing studies in own home).
My son is 7 years old, high functioning autism. Currently placed in nursery (preschool daycare)
- Childhood Appraxia of speech (now can say one word or regular word)
- Still doesn't know how to talk or communicate with peers
- not a picky eater.
- doesn't have any… read more
Therefore I ended with Option B, seeing that it has a good ratio mixture of special and normal kids, and teachers are prepared to accept special kids
The teaching style will have more attention to… read more
Now my son wants to work. So he was approved for the vocational rehab at DES. His caseworker had a company called FOCUS that helps with job placements So what we came up with is my son would work at a store that has a job coach for 6 wks with pay. He finished the 6 weeks. So we had a meeting what the next steps were. Well they thought would be best would go with the DDD job program that my son would go to work but into groups of 2 to 5 people at a time in different jobs and get paid… read more
My son has been watching cartoon on his I-pad. Whenever he has the I-pad he prefer other language like Spanish, French, Mandarin etc. Is this normal? I am just curious how he understands?
My 6 yo is fixated on the Russian alphabet and the chart of animals who's names begin with each letter. He wants me to write the letters too, so I have been learning them. My mother thinks this will… read more
My son has had the best “success” with employment when he worked with a non profit who helped teens & young adults on the spectrum…pairing him with a job coach
Since Covid, he’s gotten jobs… read more
If so how did they do this.
The earlier you get services for them the better. My granddaughter is not on the spectrum any more.
