Customized Employment - Opening Doors for People on the Autism Spectrum

A Webinar from AUCD's Autism Special Interest Groups: This webinar will provide an overview of the customized employment process including its utility in facilitating competitive, integrated employment outcomes for people with complex disabilities such as autism. Success stories and information about integration of customized employment strategies into vocational rehabilitation systems will be presented.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Location: Webinar

For more information about this webinar and to register, please visit:
https://www.aucd.org/template/event.cfm?event_id=7997

Free webinar on universal design

Next Tuesday, June 27, from 12:30-1:00 pm ET, the Mid-Atlantic ADA Center will be hosting a lunch and learn webinar on universal design featuring John Salmen, president of Universal Designers & Consultants, Inc. The webinar will cover some of the history of universal design and the many facets of the term. It's free to join but registration is required.

For more information and to register, please visit:
http://bit.ly/2sngSpY

Pathways to Employment for Transition Aged Youth and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

The Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Center on Autism and Developmental Disorders is announcing a webinar that will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The webinar entitled Pathways to Employment for Transition Aged Youth and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders will review the research regarding employment outcomes for youth with ASD as well as review 3 important pathways to employment. Additionally, the presenters will provide specific examples regarding the supports youth and adults with ASD used to acquire and maintain employment in community-based integrated environments.

Presenters will be Paul Wehman, PhD, the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Carol Schall, PhD, the Co-Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Autism Center for Excellence, the Director of the Virginia Autism Resource Center, and the Principal Investigator in the development of the Community Based Functional Skills Assessment for Transition Aged Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders, a grant funded by Autism Speaks.

For more information about this webinar and to register, please visit:
http://www.aucd.org/itac/detail/event.cfm?event_id=7955&id=0&parent=650&parent_title=Events&url=/itac/template/page.cfm?id=650