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EMPLOYEMENT
Program
Helps Young Adults Take Autism To Work
Project Search teaches necessary job skills, eases transition to
workforce
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Finding work after
graduation can prove challenging for anyone, but for young adults with
autism, getting that first job can be especially difficult.
A recent study by
the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
found that half of young adults with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
are unable to find work in the eight years after finishing high school.
Enter Project
Search, an innovative program that hopes to make the transition easier.
The year-long
program uses a hands-on learning approach combined with classroom-style
instruction to introduce developmentally and mentally disabled children
to the workplace.
Dr. David Kuhn, the
clinical director of New York's Presbyterian Center for Autism and the
Developing Brain, hopes to give participants the opportunity to thrive
in any environment.
"The mission is
really to build the skills necessary for these individuals to move on
beyond these doors to get competitive employment," Kuhn said.
For the duration of
the program, interns--who range in age from 18 to 21--will spend at
least six hours each day building and later applying necessary skills
and becoming more comfortable with the idea of entering the workplace.
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EMPLOYEMENT
Program Helps Young Adults Take Autism To Work
Businesses
Look To Hire People With Autism
Dream
Big: Employment For Adults With Disabilities
RELATIONSHIPS
Flirting with Danger: Dating Fails on the Autism Spectrum
TRAINING /
TREATMENTS
>From Scaling Heights To Going Shopping, A Virtual Reality Room Is Now
Helping People With Autism Overcome Crippling Phobias
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Nonprofits Picked to Use Google Glass for Good
Drug
Design For Inherited Learning Disabilities, Other Neurological Diseases
NEWS
Bill Provides $1.3B For Autism Research
HOUSING
New Jersey Dad Creates Community-Based Housing Program for Adults With
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