September 2012 Newsletter

This month's newsletter featured the topic of services for adults with autism. We'll continue this topic next month. Here are this month's articles and resources.

September/October Topic: Adult Services - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/septemberoctober-topic-adult-services.html

Meet Some Well-Known Adults with Autism - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/meet-some-well-known-adults-with-autism.html

Adults with Asperger Syndrome - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/adults-with-asperger-syndrome.html

College Living Experience - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/college-living-experience.html

nonPareil Institute: Providing Technical Training to Adults with Autism - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/nonpareil-institute-providing-technical.html

Possibili-Tees: Providing Employment and Job Skills Training - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/possibili-tees-providing-employment-and.html

September Positive Autism News - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-positive-autism-news.html

New Resource: Butterfly Pattern Match Folder Game - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/new-resource-butterfly-pattern-match.html

Halloween Social Skill Stories - http://positively-autism.blogspot.com/2012/09/halloween-social-skill-stories.html

Halloween Social Skill Stories

 

Here's a social skill story from Positively Autism about handing out candy to children from home on Halloween. http://www.positivelyautism.com/downloads/socialstory_trickortreat.pdf

Valerie Herskowitz has written a story about Trick-orTreating. http://www.valerieherskowitz.com/downloads/TT.ppt

Halloween Activities from TinSnips Special Education website: http://www.tinsnips.org/Pages/halloween.html

New Resource: Butterfly Pattern Match Folder Game

Check out a new file folder game from Positively Autism! This game is a butterfly pattern matching game. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spotted-Butterflies-Folder-Game

September Positive Autism News

Autistic Man Brings Micro-Business to Towson City Center
September 12, 2012
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/ph-tt-health-vendor-0912-20120910,0,5281502.story

Autism Can’t Slow This Kart Prodigy
September 14, 2012
http://www.wheels.ca/news/autism-cant-slow-this-kart-prodigy/

Ten-Year-Old Autistic Girl Memorizes Complicated Ballet
September 24, 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/ten-year-old-autistic-gir_n_1909129.html?ir=Arts

Autistic Basketball Star Jason McElwain Qualifies for Boston Marathon
September 25, 2012
http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2012/09/25/autistic-basketball-star-jason-mcelwain-qualifies-for-boston-marathon/

Autistic Girl Finds Life in Painting
September 25, 2012
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-09/25/content_15782767.htm

Possibili-Tees: Providing Employment and Job Skills Training

Name of Organization: Possibili-Tees

Location: Staten Island, NY

Programs Offered: Possibili-Tees is a nonprofit screen printing company with a unique social mission. Possibili-Tees not only produces custom designed t-shirts and promotional items, it also provides employment and job skills training to young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disorders.

Possibili-Tees will outfit your organization with quality apparel and promotional products suitable for any occasion. Possibili-Tees’ high quality products provide an innovative way for your organization to be a force for good in the world without sacrificing quality and the bottom line. Our customers include businesses, private and public schools, universities, sports teams, government agencies, nonprofits, faith-based organizations and many others.

Possibili-Tees employs 28 persons with disabilities, all of which are paid a wage of at least the N.Y. State minimum wage. Our Job Skills Training Services serves over 40 adolescents and young adults with Autism and we are in the process of developing a program to place graduates in businesses other than Possibili-Tees through our job coaching program.

Possibili-Tees’ supportive environment and social enterprise approach is uniquely positioned to effectively deliver high quality sustainable services to both its customers and its employees. All profits generated by Possibili-Tees are used to fund the job skills training and other support programs.

Website: http://www.possibilitees1.org/

nonPareil Institute: Providing Technical Training to Adults with Autism

Name of Organization: nonPareil Institute

Location: Plano, Texas

Programs Offered: The nonPareil Institute offers a technical training program to individuals on the autism spectrum. Students work and learn skills such as computer programming, digital art and 3D modeling in a flexible and no-pressure environment. Students develop these technical skills as well as job skills and social skills that can benefit them in future employment and social settings.

Website: http://www.npitx.org/

Additional Resources:

College Living Experience

Throughout the month, we'll be featuring some organizations supporting adults with autism. A listing here doesn't imply an endorsement, so please make sure you thoroughly check out all organizations before using their sevices.

Name of Organization: College Living Experience

Locations: Austin, TX; Costa Mesa, CA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Denver, CO; Monterey, CA; and Washington, D.C.

Programs Offered: College Living Experience (CLE) is a college program for students with learning disabilities, Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome, nonverbal learning disorders, and ADD/ADHD. Staff and counselors help promote transition to college, adulthood and independent living through tutoring, independent living skills development programs, and structured social activities.

Website:  http://www.experiencecle.com/

Adults with Asperger Syndrome

Many talented, intelligent adults are being diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. Could you or someone you love be one of them? http://autism.about.com/od/aspergerssyndrome/a/adultsaspergers.htm

Another article about this topic: How Do Experts Diagnose Asperger Syndrome in Adults? http://autism.about.com/od/aspergerssyndrome/f/dxasadults.htm

Amazon.com recommends...

Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome

Meet Some Well-Known Adults with Autism

To kick-off our theme of services for adults with autism, we would like to share some biographies of well-known adults with autism who have made great accomplishments and contributions to both their fields of interest and to the autism community. This list is by no means complete!

Note: Click on the book cover pictures to view the book at Amazon.com. For each purchase, Amazon.com makes a donation to Positively Autism!

Donna Williams, Author and Artist: http://www.donnawilliams.net/about.0.html

Stephen Shore, Author, Speaker, Educator, and Musician: http://www.autismasperger.net/bio.htm

William Stillman, Author and Speaker: http://www.williamstillman.com/about.html

John Elder Robison, Author and Speaker: http://www.johnrobison.com/about-john.php

Temple Grandin, Author, Speaker, and Professor: http://autism.about.com/od/whoswhoinautism/f/TempleGrandin.htm

Jerry and Mary Newport, Authors and Speakers: http://www.jerrynewport.com/

 

September/October Topic: Adult Services

Our next newsletter topic is services for adults on the autism spectrum. We’ll share resources for a variety of topics, including housing, college, and transition planning. We’ll also feature some books and organizations for adults with autism and their families.