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What Lane Is Your Student On?
Like a busy California highway, there are many routes to adulthood after high school. In addition to transition programs in public and private high schools, more and more opportunities are opening up in higher education for students with autism and similar disabilities. Not all these college programs are the same. To pick the right program for…
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Mastering Self-Disclosure: An Essential Skill for Autistic Individuals
Self-disclosure has become an essential skill for all autistic people at school and work. Not only does the label lead to group cohesion, it is a necessary tool for gaining access to accommodations and certain rights. And really, there’s no hiding it. Autistic differences, like many similar disabilities, are obvious to others, so it’s really…
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What Does It Mean to “Fall off the Cliff?”
Parents often describe the time after a student finishes with high school as “falling off the cliff.” What do they mean by that? Every child in this country has a guaranteed right to an education, regardless of their disabilities. In my early twenties, I worked as a special education teacher in the South Bronx at…
The Autism College Connection 