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Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders need to learn to become as independent as possible to live lives to their fullest potential.  What that means will vary from one individual and family to the next.  Family dynamics, community opportunities and many other variables contribute to individual outcomes.  This department explores some of the issues.

Education & Therapies - Education Adolescence to Adult Years
Education adolescence to adults Years. Connecting the Dots of Life toward a Meaningful Future: At a recent autism strategies workshop, the facilitator asked each of us to make a list of ten tasks we performed that morning at home to get ready for the day. After we generated our lists, she asked us to categorize each task by the skill required. The skills were: . . . keep reading
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