The importance of “Job Fit” – Finding the right role for you The vast majority of autistic adults are under or unemployed, as high as 75-85%. There are myriad reasons and barriers to successful employment in the autistic community, including difficulties navigating...
Your Guide to Interviewing Successfully Interviewing is an essential life skill. We most closely associate them with jobs, but they are also important in the college search and even for volunteer opportunities. The main purpose of an interview is for the person who...
Friendship: A Handbook Part 4 How to Create Lasting and Authentic Friendships for Young Adults with Autism Congratulations! You have succeeded in finding good sources of friends (Part 1), you have identified a few people who might be great candidates for friendship by...
Friendship: A Handbook Part 3 Tips to Build Friendships for Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum At the end of Part 2 of the Friendship Handbook, I introduced the idea of moving your interactions with a potential friend out of the original “location” of your initial...
Friendship: A Handbook, Part 2 Trading Information to Turn Acquaintances into Friends for Young Adults with Autism In Part 1 of the Friendship Handbook, I talked about the importance of having good friends and provided tips for finding good sources of potential...
Friendship: A Handbook, Part 1 “Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’” – C.S. Lewis I love this C.S. Lewis quote because it implies an aspect of the “friendship formula” many people take for...
