It is widely acknowledged that spending time outside can be good for both physical and mental health. That is true for children, and it is true for adults. Day programs for adults with disabilities should bear this in mind when Read More …
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What Supports the Employment and Retention of Adults with Autism?
One of the main goals of teaching both children and adults with autism is to help them develop the skills they need to live happy and fulfilling lives with the maximum degree of autonomy. Few things build self-confidence and financial Read More …
The Significance of Adult Day Programs for Individuals with Disabilities
Some adults with autism and learning disabilities will need full-time support, perhaps in a residential facility. Others may be able to live mostly independently, but still, need occasional assistance. The developmental day program activities for adults with disabilities provide an Read More …
What is Life Skills Education, and Why Does It Matter?
For most people, life skills are something you pick up almost automatically in childhood, through interacting with the world every day. For some people with learning disabilities, it takes a little more effort, and extra support to master these apparent Read More …
8 Job ideas for adults with special needs
The fact that an adult has special needs does not mean that they cannot hold down a job and achieve some degree of independence. Offering job training for special needs adults is a way to improve both their confidence and Read More …
Intellectual & developmental disability: A need for educated healthcare clinicians
Although our understanding of intellectual disability has improved in recent years, it is still challenging to ensure that a developmental disabilities program gets the resources and personnel it requires. Educated healthcare practitioners are not only medically qualified, but they also Read More …
Signs & symptoms of intellectual disability found in adults with autism
Many adults with autism have complex needs. Those needs only become more complex when their autism occurs alongside another condition, with intellectual disability being one of the most common co-occurring diagnoses. Adults with intellectual disabilities and autism may show signs Read More …
Five Essential Life Skills for Adults with Autism to Live Independently
The fundamental goal for adults with autism is to achieve the greatest degree of independence possible. That means a life skills programme for autism should be able to empower its pupils to take charge of their own lives rather than Read More …
High-Functioning Autism and How to Deal with That
You will sometimes hear autism divided into high and low functioning. This oversimplification claims that persons with low-functioning autism struggle to cope in normal society, but people with high-functioning autism do not require assistance. On the contrary, there are specific Read More …
What are the environmental factors that influence the risk of autism?
Autism is still a widely misunderstood condition. However, research and advances in medical understanding mean that awareness of autism, and the different routes possible to help people to live with it successfully, are evolving all the time. It is believed Read More …