Vocational Rehabilitation: using services before school ends State Vocational Rehabilitation is federally funded, free, and legally required to serve your student before graduation. Most families do not open the file...
Post-secondary options: supportive college vs vocational training Four-year college? Two-year certificate? Vocational rehab? Apprenticeship? Family enterprise? Some of these will change his life. Some will cost you fifty thousand dollars...
Grief, loss, and big changes: supporting processing and regulation Grandma dies. The Saturday worker leaves. You move. Your autistic adult was silent at the funeral and is now, three months...
Aging caregivers and the double-aging reality Both of you are aging. Only one of you has a plan. The Letter of Intent, the special needs trust, and the successor guardian...
Respite care for high-support adults: finding and training providers The worker who lasts is the one you train slowly, pay fairly, and trust with a hard week. Here is how...
Caregiver burnout vs exhaustion: self-assessment and action plan Exhaustion is what a night of sleep and a real meal can fix. Burnout is when a week of sleep and a...
Crisis communication card for non-speaking adults Your non-speaking adult cannot tell the ER doctor that she has a peanut allergy or that flashing lights trigger seizures. The card in her...
Crisis decision tree: 988 vs 911 vs mobile crisis vs ER Four doors. Three of them are not the ER. Knowing which door to open in the worst hour of...
Preparing law enforcement for safe encounters A stranger calls 911 because your autistic adult is rocking on a bench at the bus stop. What happens in the next four minutes...
Adult elopement and wandering: safety that respects autonomy When your autistic adult walks away, the goal is not a locked door. It is a layered plan that keeps them alive...
