OAR’s comprehensive safety guide has tips for keeping autistic adults safe and teaching safety habits that will stick with them throughout their college career.
Click HERE to download.
Sex Ed for Self-Advocates
Sexual health and safety are an important part of college life and autistic students should have the chance to learn about these topics in a way that works best for them.
Click HERE for more information.
Safer Dating for Youth on the Autism Spectrum
Written by researchers at Boston Medical Center, this curriculum is perfect for teaching autistic young adults how to build and maintain healthy relationships in college.
Click HERE to download.
My Next Move: An Online Tool for Choosing a Career
My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. My Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers. Users can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or through the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person’s interests and level of work experience.
My Next Move is developed and maintained by the National Center for O*NET Development, under the sponsorship of the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) through a grant to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Learn more about O*NET. For an overview of the search features and content, download the two-page “Desk Aid” PDF.
Go here to search for career options that match your interests.
10 New Affordable Apartments Available in Irvine – January 2021
Salerno at Cypress Village is offering 10 new affordable apartments to qualified applicants with developmental disabilities who receive services from the Regional Center of Orange County. See the flyer for additional information. Applications are being accepted now.
Amazon Jobs are Available for DOR Consumers
Amazon is offering to train and hire Department of Rehabilitation consumers who are high school grads or who have GED certificates. Applicants must have an open DOR case or they may open one. Applicants will undergo screening that includes an interview, orientation, background check, drug screening and a work tryout. See the attachments for additional information and contact your DOR counselor if you would like to apply for a position.
College Information: LD Advisory
LD Advisory offers a variety of services to reach students with disabilities who are interested in attending college.
Online Research Study on Bullying & Victimization
Researchers at Binghamton University are looking for parents of children with or without autism to take an online survey about their child’s experienes with bullying and victimization.
Participants may enter a drawing for one of three $100 gift cards.
Autism@Work Playbook: Finding talent & Creating Employment Opportunities
This guide describes how firms established and sustain employment programs for people with autism. It describes best practices and models for hiring and onboarding practices for organizations to use to get their employment programs started. You can view it here or download the guide.
Community College Options for Students with Disabilities in OC, CA
Students who are interested in taking general education and/or adaptive classes can find detailed enrollment information through the Disabled Students Programs and Services Office at the community college of their choice. Go here for contact information
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