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Adults with Autism

Watch: Temple Grandin – My Experience with Autism

July 6, 2010

In this insightful video, Temple Grandin explains her experience as an individual with autism. Subscribe to The Autism Education Site RSS feed!

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Teens and Adults with Autism Workshops – 2010 Autism Society of America Conference

May 25, 2010

The following is a list of workshops for teens and adults with autism that will be offered at the 2010 Autism Society of America Conference, which will take place July 7-10, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. Thursday, July 8, 2010 Federal and Corporate Employment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders with Melody Stevens, M.A., Tracy Hilliard, [...]

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Temple Grandin Up for Voting in TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People in 2010

April 7, 2010

Autistic self-advocate and cattle expert Temple Grandin is up for voting in TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2010 list. You can vote fore Temple Grandin online and help her make the top 100 list. Here is how TIME describes Ms. Grandin: As a child Grandin was diagnosed with autism, and her parents were told [...]

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Walmart Foundation Provides Funding for Disability Emergency Preparedness

July 13, 2009

Walmart Foundation Commits $500,000 to Improving Emergency Preparedness for the 54 Million Americans with Disabilities Grant Will Support National Organization on Disability’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative WASHINGTON, July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Walmart Foundation has made a $500,000 grant to further the work of the National Organization on Disability’s (N.O.D.) Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI). N.O.D. is [...]

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Ohio State University’s Autistic Self-Advocacy Network Chapter

April 30, 2009

The Ohio State chapter of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) was originally formed in late 2008 but the group is trying to get the organization off the ground and up and running. An article appeared in today’s edition of The Lattern – Autistic students self-represent. A big difference between ASAN and similar organizations is that [...]

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ADULT ASPERGER TACTICS FOR PARENTS

April 28, 2009

ADULT ASPERGER TACTICS FOR PARENTS By Dan Coulter Does your child with Asperger Syndrome sometimes resist your guidance? As the parents of an adult son with Asperger Syndrome, my wife and I have found that as a child gets older and feels the need to assert his or her independence, it may be harder and [...]

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