Resources

Preparing for a Hospital Visit

A hospital can be an intimidating place for anyone, but the unfamiliar sights, smells, and sounds can be especially difficult to cope with for children with autism. In addition to the environment, a medical procedure or examination often involves poking and prodding by medical professionals or specialized equipment. Planning in advance can help hospital visits go more smoothly. The list below includes ideas for planning with your child.

Preparing for Surgery Social Story

This resource gives information about what to expect and what will happen when you go to the hospital for a surgery.

Procrastination in College

Many people procrastinate when it comes to school. All of the work can be difficult to keep up with. The academic demands of college are often heavier than in high school, and procrastinating can lead to serious academic problems. Here are several tips and tricks to help you learn to reduce procrastinating and be successful in college.

Professional and Personal Social Media Guides

This resource provides guidelines for the use of social media and how social media can affect your professional life and employment.

Project Reassure: For-Self-Advocates-Choosing Resilience Skills

This is a resource collection created for the Project Reassure initiative. It contains material about implementing resilience skills and building resilience.

Project Reassure: For-Self-Advocates-Resilience Skills

This is a resource collection created for the Project Reassure initiative. It contains material about what resilience skills are and how to implement them..

Project Reassure: For-Self-Advocates-Resource Collection

This resource collection provides information on understanding trauma, developing resilience and building resilience skills.

Project Reassure: For-Self-Advocates-Spanish

This is a large resource collection created for the Project Reassure initiative. It contains material about: Understanding Trauma, Understanding and building Resilience, and how to implement these tools.

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Project Reassure: For-Self-Advocates-Understanding Resilience

This is a resource collection created for the Project Reassure initiative. It contains material about what resilience is and why it is important for maintaining good mental health.

Project Reassure: For-Self-advocates-Understanding Trauma

This is a resource collection created for the Project Reassure initiative. It contains material about understanding what trauma is and how it can affect your mental health.

Public Comment: The Process

This infographic notes the benefits for individuals to get involved in public comment periods, as well as a brief overview of what public comment periods are.

Public Transportation Social Stories

This is a collection of social stories that explain how to use different types of public transportation that were created by ASERT.

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Questions to Ask Yourself After Attending A New Social Event/Activity

This resource provides individuals with autism with a list of questions to consider after attending a social event to decide if it was a good fit.

Questions to Ask Yourself Before Meeting Others

This resource provides information for individuals with autism on how to plan for a social event by asking themselves thoughtful questions.

Questions to Think About Before Attending Social Events and Meeting New People

This resource provides information for individuals with autism on how to plan for attending a social event.