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Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Training Program Helps Students With Autism Land Jobs

Posted on 09:18 by Unknown
New research suggests schools should build on these students' strengths...

Schools are typically tasked with ferreting out what students can't do and teaching them how to do it.

But for students with autism, perhaps the focus should be on what they can do.

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University recently published the first study of its kind to demonstrate that the strengths of youths with autism can be parlayed into gainful employment given the right educational program.

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324094704579069090866313258

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