Site: PAAutism

Identifying Autism in the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Community

There are higher rates of autism among deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) people than hearing people. In addition, about half of autistic people having hearing differences. However, it can be hard to diagnose autism in the D/HH population.

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Identifying Strengths and Supporting Needs

This resource developed for direct support staff, provides information on how to identify strengths of the individuals you support as well as how to support their needs.

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Identity, Sexuality, and Interpersonal Relationships

This resource, developed by ASERT, provides information for direct support staff on how to support individuals with autism around the topics of sexuality, gender identity, and interpersonal relationships.

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If Your Child Has Seizures

This guide, prepared by Johns Hopkins Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute, is for the parents, families, and caregivers of newly diagnosed children with epilepsy or a seizure disorder.

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Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS)

The resource will provide families with information on IBHS and an explanation of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Services.

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Introduction to Resilience Self Advocates

This resource explains what Resilience is and why it is important. It is written for self-advocates wish to work on improving their emotional health.

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Is it Autism and If So, What Next?

This guide from Autism Speaks provides an overview of autism and helps clarify whether you should seek out an evaluation by a professional.

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Isolation Social Story

This social story provides a visual explanation of what it means to be in isolation if someone has an illness that could be passed to another person. An animated version is also available.

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JFCS Housing

JFCS is a comprehensive agency serving individuals, children and seniors through all phases of the life cycle.

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Key Transition Resources

This list is an overview of some of the transition resources that ASERT references most frequently.

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