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Waisman Center investigator, Leann Smith, PhD, was interviewed by WSAW-TV in Wausau to discuss the importance of employment for teens and young adults with autism as they transition out of high school. The Age of Autism – click to watch Smith created an eight-week program, Transitioning Together, to help teenagers with autism and their families …
Knowing what an employer wants to hear can make all the difference during a job interview. For adults with an autism-spectrum disorder, those answers can be harder to come by. And without work, they face the prospect of a much less independent life.
Jennifer Wetzel, Vanderbilt University More independent work environments may lead to reductions in autism symptoms and improve daily living in adults with the disorder, according to a new study released in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Researchers at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison collaborated with Vanderbilt University to examine 153 adults with …
Finding workers who improve the bottom line is the goal of any successful business.
Getting a good job as a teenager can be difficult enough, let alone when the teenage job-seeker has a disability such as autism.
