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Online Video

Autism is Not a Crime

By Tom Oliver

In this online presentation, autistic law/biomedical science student Tom Oliver discusses the overrepresentation of autistic adults in the justice system. He projects for most auti...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Advocacy

Online Article

Three Strategies to Strengthen Communication for Adults with Autism and Learning Differences

By Jolene Liang

This online article provides three strategies for adults with ASD who are handling complicated social conflicts that call for higher level processing needs. Emphasis is placed on o...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Social Skills

Website

Health Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Toolkit for Primary Care Providers

By Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Initiative (DDPCI), Surrey Place Centre

Health Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities is an online tool kit for primary care physicians. It contains a useful healthcare Checklist for Autism, which guides the phy...


Classifications: Health,  Adults With ASD

Online Article

Can one have autism without anyone noticing?

By Dr. Lena Nylander

A sensitive discussion of diagnosis of autism in adults and a warning about "over-diagnosing and banalisation of autism". Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre (GNC) was founded in Se...


Classifications: Diagnosis & Assessment,  Adults With ASD

Website

Launch Online

Transition to Adulthood Planning Tools and Resources

By Katelyn Lowe with Mark Attridge

Launch currently offers three programs designed to help individuals, parents and professionals with transition planning: 1. Launch Online offers free online training modules th...


Classifications: Employment,  Adults With ASD

Online Article

Navigating College

A Handbook on Self Advocacy

By Eveleth, Alexander; Vivian, Amanda; Sinclair, Jim; Grantham, Leah Jane; Brown, Lydia with Davis, Samatha April; Kapp, Steven; Gross, Zoe

This online guide features a number of essays written by autistic people about post-secondary, university, and college education. The essays offer advice about self-advocacy, inde...


Classifications: Education,  Adults With ASD

Online Article

Autism's Hidden Habit

Conventional Wisdom Holds that People with Autism Don't Get Hooked on Alcohol or Other Drugs, But New Evidence Suggests Otherwise

By Szalavitz, Maia

This online article discusses how new research is demonstrating that people on the autism spectrum, particularly those with normal-range cognitive abilities, can be at risk for dev...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Health

Online Video

College and Students on the Autism Spectrum

Yale Autism Seminar

By Volkmar, Fred; Thierfeld Brown, Jane

This online video (55 min), part of the Yale Autism Program's undergraduate seminar on autism, provides an introduction to the topic of post-secondary students on the autism spectr...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Education

Online Video

Focusing on Happiness and Wellbeing

Defining Outcomes for Autistic People

By Vermeulen, Peter

This online video discusses how outcomes in autism should be defined. It notes that previous studies of outcomes have focused on objective measurements, such as cognitive function...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Mental Health

Online Article

Autism Information

For Adults New to an Autism Diagnosis

By Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE)

This online guide provides an introduction to autism for newly-diagnosed autistic adults. It describes autism and offers information about diagnosis, therapy, assistive technology...


Classifications: Autism Spectrum Disorders,  Adults With ASD

Online Video

An Explorative Study of Successful Women with Autism

By Webster, Amanda

This online video describes a research study which examined some of the factors which ten women on the autism spectrum thought helped them achieve success in adulthood. The study ...


Classifications: Adults With ASD

Online Video

Autism and Ageing

By Lawson, Wenn

This online video discusses aging in people on the autism spectrum, focusing on the areas of memory, movement, sensory profiling, language, and autonomy. “Autism-Europe aisbl ...


Classifications: Adults With ASD

Online Article

Autism, Sex & Relationships

By Autism West Midlands

This online article, written for autistic people, provides information about sexuality and relationships. Autism West Midlands aims "to provide specialist support and advice to ...


Classifications: Sexuality,  Adults With ASD

Online Article

A Guide to Travelling by Plane for People with Autism

By Autism West Midlands

This online article, written for autistic people, provides information about air travel. It describes each stage of the process of traveling by plane, from planning to the airplan...


Classifications: Adults With ASD

Online Article

Building Independence

An Introduction for Adults with Autism

By Autism West Midlands

This online article discusses how autistic adults can become more independent. It identifies important aspects of independence and related skills, and it lists supports that may b...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Employment

Online Article

Advice for Autistic Adults about Work

By National Autistic Society (NAS)

This online article provides suggestions about work and employment for adults on the autism spectrum. It includes discussion of social interaction and bullying in the workplace. ...


Classifications: Employment,  Adults With ASD

Online Article

Autism and Work: Together We Can

A Report on Good Practices in Employment for People with Autism from across Europe

By Autism-Europe

This online report addresses best practices in employment for people on the autism spectrum in Europe. It discusses the employment challenges encountered by people with autism and...


Classifications: Employment,  Adults With ASD

Journal

Autism's Own Journal

By Sheppard, Joseph Z. [ed.]

This online journal is an annual, peer-reviewed publication written and edited by people on the autism spectrum, with the aim of promoting international autism culture. Articles i...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Video

Autism's Own Conference 2017

Conversations on Autism over the Lifespan

By Dwyer, Patrick with Sheppard, Joseph Z.

This online video shows the fifth Autism's Own Conference, which features three panel discussions with a number of self-advocates on the autism spectrum between the ages of 14 and ...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Education

Online Article

Designing Everyday Activities

Living Environments for Adults with Autism

By Gaudion, Kate

This online article discusses daily living skills and activities which are needed in the home. It provides suggestions to encourage individuals on the autism spectrum to learn and...


Classifications: Adults With ASD,  Family Life

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