I’ve felt for years that teenagers and young adults with Asperger’s Syndrome or with High Functioning Autism really need help understanding and negotiating romantic and sexual relationships. Moving from Social Skills or even Social Thinking curriculums (there’s a difference) to dating, sex, love and adult relationships is no easy task when your primary difficulties are [...]
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The Anne Ford and Allegra Ford Scholarships offer financial assistance to two graduating seniors with documented learning disabilities (LD) who are pursuing post-secondary education. The Anne Ford Scholarship was first awarded in 2002; in 2009, with a generous donation from Anne’s daughter, Allegra, the award was renamed the Anne Ford and Allegra Ford Scholarship and [...]
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Posted in LD Support Sites on Dec 19th, 2011 5 Comments »
On boingboing dot net, there’s a fascinating discussion going on about the growing number of people getting diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The controversy involves the questioning of whether or not this represents a true increase/explosion of ASD, or attributable to better diagnostic tools, more awareness of symptoms and better informed parents and professionals. [...]
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Posted in LD Support Sites on Dec 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Lianne Milton for the Bay Citizen In this article from The NY Times, evidence once again, that innovation sometimes appears only when there’s been enough failure. In this San Francisco program, kids who’ve been exceedingly truant are given great opportunity to engage in exciting real-word activities with highly motivated teachers. I’m glad for these kids, [...]
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