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Jina Chun; Sarah L. Curtiss; Constance Richard; Kaiqi Zhou; Yazmin Castruita Rios; Sara Park; Jaeyong Kim; Muharrem Koc – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
The post-secondary transition for autistic youth is a complex process, with hopes and expectations serving as malleable mediators often overlooked in research and practice. Career awareness, exploration, and counseling services play a critical role in facilitating vocational transition, but the vocational hopes and expectations of autistic youth…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Expectation, Career Planning, Transitional Programs
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Kirby, Anne V. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Understanding the complex relationships among factors that may predict the outcomes of young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is of utmost importance given the increasing population undergoing and anticipating the transition to adulthood. With a sample of youth with ASD (n = 1170) from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Adults, Parent Attitudes
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Schroeder, Stephen R.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This discussion of planning for individuals with autism using a life-span perspective considers stages and transitions across life, noting the special difficulty these individuals have with transitions; changing perspectives on disability in the United States; and characteristics of comprehensive life-span programs (sophisticated diagnoses, strong…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Autism, Developmental Stages, Long Range Planning