IAN Community E-Newsletter - March 13, 2008
Date First Published: March 13, 2008
Contents
Adults with Autism: The Workplace
IAN Research Report Feb '08
OT and Sensory Integration
Behavioral Intervention for Adults
Dear Members of the IAN Community,
We are pleased to bring you the March 2008 edition of the IAN Community E-Newsletter. The IAN Community features many new articles and discussions, as well as a new Research Report. This newsletter highlights only a few.
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The IAN Team
Adults with Autism and the Workplace
Individuals with autism often describe themselves as feeling alien when encountering the outside world. This may be especially true when they are faced with the world of work, where people often lack an understanding of their needs and perspectives.
What issues do adults on the autism spectrum face as they enter the world of employment? What services exist to support them, and are they receiving them?
Find out in Adult Employment: Strangers in a Strange Land.
February '08 IAN Research Report
We report on what treatments, or categories of treatments, families participating in IAN Research are using the most, and provide a special report on one of the most popular interventions: speech and language therapy.
We also present an update of our analysis of the IAN weight and height data. At first, we reported that children with ASDs are taller and heavier than their unaffected siblings. Now, looking at weight and height across gender and age-group categories, we refine these earlier findings. It is only
younger children with ASD who are taller, and only
older children with ASD who are heavier, than unaffected siblings.
Read
IAN Research Report Feb '08.
Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration
What is occupational therapy (OT)? What is sensory integration therapy (SI)? Why are these interventions used with children on the autism spectrum, and what do families participating in IAN Research report about their experience with them?
Learn more at IAN Research Findings: Occupational Therapy.
Myth: Intensive Behavioral Intervention Is Only for Young Children
It is commonly said that the sooner a person with autism receives treatment, the better. "Early intervention" is fiercely advocated in every quarter. But what about older children, or adults? If they were diagnosed late, or if they simply never received the behavior therapy that is commonly included in early intervention programs, is it too late for them to benefit?
In this article, Thomas Frazier and Leslie Sinclair of the Cleveland Clinic demonstrate how intensive behavioral therapies can make a difference in the lives of adults on the autism spectrum.
Read Behavior Therapy Beyond Childhood.
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