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- Youth with Autism Gravitate toward Science and Technology in College
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as their chosen fields. However, the study also supports Dr. Shattuck’s earlier findings that young adults ... more) (Science, Adults, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, college, Paul Shattuck ... However, it also shows that young adults with autism have one of the lowest college enrollment rates ...
Science News - Anonymous - 2013-04-10 10:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Sobering Picture of Young Adults with Autism
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Services Committee . Shattuck’s team examined data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2, ... and adults with ASD. Please also see our related blog post . For more resources on transition and adult services, see Autism Speaks Transition Tool Kit and Autism in the Workplace . Autism Speaks ...
Science News - Laurie Tarkan - 2013-04-10 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- IACC Selects Top 2012 Advances in Autism Research
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for Adult Transition Support .”) For more information on the report and the IACC, visit ... and adult services research, which have been relatively neglected areas in the past,” said IACC member ... attention to areas of urgent need. These include the paucity of services to help teenagers and young adults ...
Science News - Jessica Sachs - 2013-04-10 10:27 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Teens with Autism Lack Healthcare Transition Services
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is ready to move from pediatric care to adult care, healthcare transition services can help them make ... of services to help teens with autism transition into adult life,” comments Autism Speaks Chief Science ... Study finds young people with autism half as likely to receive healthcare transition ...
Science News - Jessica Sachs - 2013-04-10 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- World Autism Awareness Day at the UN: Tackling Shared Global Challenges
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In particular, programs are needed to help young adults with autism make the transition into higher-education, ... foundations to commit a greater proportion of autism funding toward services research for adults with autism. ... among parents of children with autism and the undeveloped potential of adults with autism. ...
Science News - Jessica Sachs - 2013-04-03 14:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Autism Speaks Advocates for Mental Health
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such a pronounced problem for children and adults with ASD? Reasons include inadequacies in health insurance ... and adults; to reduce stigma and educate the public about mental health; to delink mental illness ... [ii] Narendorf SC, Shattuck PT, Sterzing PR. Mental health service use among adolescents ...
Science News - Anonymous - 2013-01-31 11:17 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- 2012: The Year in Science
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of the expense related to adult care. The same economic analysis associated greater intellectual disability ... that, in the first two years after high school, over half of young adults with ASD are neither employed nor enrolled in higher education. 9 This transition from adolescence to adulthood is a crucial time ...
Science News - Anonymous - 2013-01-25 12:03 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Autism Speaks Hosts World’s First Autism Investment Conference
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education services and behavioral therapies to transition and vocational support for adolescents and adults ... and behavioral services in early childhood to transition and vocational support in adolescence and adulthood. ... Yet around 85 percent of adults with autism remain unemployed or underemployed. Perricone called ...
Science News - Anonymous - 2013-03-21 17:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Top Ten Autism Research Advances of 2012
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10. Mounting Evidence of Critical Need for Adult Transition Support Click here ... Autism Speaks annual “best of” features progress in environmental science, adult ... in environmental science, adult support, medicines development and more. Top Ten Autism Research Advances ...
Science News - Anonymous - 2012-12-19 12:12 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Autism Speaks Awards $4.8 Million in New Research Grants
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the personal, social and academic challenges of the transition to college life. Ronald Oberleitner , ... on TEACCH here.) This represents a unique opportunity to study outcomes in older adults with ASD. The results have the potential to influence legislative and community service decisions that affect adults ...
Science News - Anonymous - 2013-04-10 10:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
