In the general population, there’s a spectrum of people. Not everybody is going to be a college professor, and some people are going to have jobs as an assistant at Starbucks, and other people are going to have jobs as engineers. And so when I see someone who has a job as a greeter at Starbucks and has autism and has a girlfriend, I see that as an incredible success.
Teens, Adults & Autism
As children with autism grow up and inch closer to adulthood, there are sometimes lingering concerns–What if we didn’t do enough? What if we went in the wrong direction? What if independence isn’t possible?–but growth is possible into adulthood.
Just Noticeable Differences: A Key to Independence
Children with autism have a desire for everything to stay the same, but what if you could help your kids embrace and even look forward to change?
Transitioning to Adulthood: Part 2
With RDI® all of the simple and everyday experiences we enjoy with our children become huge in terms of their growth.
Transitioning into Adulthood: Part 1
Do you have dreams for your child with autism? Dr. Rachelle Sheely talks about how we should never limit the dreams we have for our kids, autism or not, and how to help put them on a path to independence from a young age.
The Road to Independence
This idea of independence is one that we sometimes skirt because we get caught up in the daily routine of the things that we’re teaching or the things that we’re doing, or I think we get caught up in avoiding it because we worry about it so much. We’re afraid to face it.
RDI®: Hope Around the World
One of the things at the Pan African Congress For Autism that impressed me and really didn’t surprise me was that parents and professionals alike had the same concern when they were thinking about the individuals that they deal with who were on the spectrum and their families.
Time To Fly: Trusting Your Instincts with Your Child
They doubt their own inside voice and they doubt their own competence. They don’t doubt their competence with their other children, but autism is a wedge, it’s like a wedge with glue, and it drives families apart.
HOPE: A Case Study
What I liked about the conversation was that these six things show a self-reflection, they show the hard work he’s done, they actually kind of document the guiding relationship he had with his parents.
School and Your Child
The whole point of RDI is that we want our children to become independent in the way that they’re going to become independent is by learning to think and to use their brains in a way that they need to be used.
Moving Our Children Forward
Sometimes. we help our children too much. This podcast is a great reminder to always focus on where we want our children to be at age 21, and how to get them there.
Great Expectations: Part 2
Why we should have great expectations for autistic children.
The Age of Your Child
Age or growth. What is the most important thing to look at when evaluating progress?
Great Expectations for Our Children
Dr. Rachelle Sheely talks about how we SHOULD have great expectations & dreams for our children with autism.
The RDI KEY
Join Dr. Gutstein and Kat Lee as they talk about the KEY to RDI: Your child and growth.
