Tag: housing
Residency program offers activities, safe haven for adults with autism
Dayton Daily News
MADISON TWP. — Here they’re not clients. They’re not patients. They’re farmers.They have a purpose.
That is why Connie and Larry Proctor were finally comfortable with moving their 27-year-old son Adam — who has severe autism — out of their home and into Safe Haven Farms in May.
He was one of the first residents at the farm: a group of new homes on a former horse ranch in Madison Twp. soon to also house an activity center, garden and other amenities.
via Residency program offers activities, safe haven for adults with autism.
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Caregiving | Tags: adults with autism, Autism, housing
Sketch-A-Space!: Autism Google Sketch Up Contest with Easter Seals
Westside Today
Here’s a great contest for families and people living with autism.
As the leading nonprofit provider of autism services, Easter Seals has teamed up with Google to launch Sketch-A-Space, an online design contest for people living with autism, their family and friends to create the room of their dreams using free Google SketchUp 3-D modeling software – all for the chance to win $2,000 to make that space become a reality. Entries can be submitted at www.easterseals.com/sketchaspace between April 26, 2010 and July 16, 2010.
Winners will be announced early Fall 2010.“A partnership between Google SketchUp and Easter Seals to launch this contest makes perfect sense,” says Tom Wyman, manager of business development at Google. “Not only is it a wonderful tool for individuals with autism to express themselves, it’s a great way for entrants to share their creative ideas for what makes a comfortable and safe space, whether it be a bedroom, family room, classroom or office.”
“When it comes to living with autism, a person’s physical space and environment can be particularly important. Many individuals with autism report increased sensitivity to sounds, smells, tactile and visual stimuli – unique needs to be addressed,” says Dr. Paula Pompa-Craven, autism expert at Easter Seals Southern California. “It’s critical for families living with autism and professionals to begin to see environments through the eyes of a person living with autism and work together to find flexible, personalized solutions.”
via EASTER SEALS, GOOGLE LAUNCH ‘SKETCH-A-SPACE’ CONTEST | TECHNOLOGY.
Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: Autism, Easter Seals, Google, housing, technology
From Pennsylvania: Developing New Housing Options for Adults with Autism Will Foster New Opportunities
PR Newswire
Pennsylvanians with autism could have broader opportunities to participate in and contribute to their communities if more effort is made to create affordable housing tailored to their needs, a new state report finds.
The report on housing options for adults with autism spectrum disorder, issued today by the Department of Public Welfare’s Bureau of Autism Services, offers a first-ever comprehensive look at the housing challenges facing Pennsylvanians with autism.
Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: adults with autism, Autism, housing
Study projects housing needs of autistic adults
Autism Support Network
It is projected that as many as 500,000 autistic children will reach adulthood in the next 15 years. These adults will have varying levels of independence, and will outlive their parents. Where will they go? This is the question that a collaborative report by the Urban Land Institute Arizona (ULI), the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC), and Arizona State University (ASU) tries to answer.
via Study projects housing needs of autistic adults | Autism Support Network.
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: adults with autism, Autism, housing
Parents of the disabled want a say
Autism Parents Club
The mother of an autistic adult featured in this Salt Lake Tribune Article says she knows her son best. She and other parents of adult disabled children want their voices heard when decisions are being made about where their children should live.
Parents of the disabled want a say
In one group home, Philip Paulsen was left unattended and was seriously burned in a cooking accident. While playing with water — a habit when he’s anxious — the severely autistic adult caused $5,000 in damage to a supervised apartment. He was evicted for assaulting a caregiver.
As his mother, 73-year-old Mary Paulsen rounds the corner to old age, she feels the “security, consistency and supervision” her son needs can only be found at the state-run Utah Developmental Center in American Fork.
But with a movement to keep the disabled out of institutions underway for decades, Paulsen and other parents feel shut out of decisions about where their loved ones will live. They’re now asking lawmakers to endorse legislation that would make it easier for parents to institutionalize their mentally disabled children.
via Parents of the disabled want a say – Autism Parents Club.
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Caregiving | Tags: adults with autism, Autism, family caregiving, housing
Elderly-Friendly Remodeling
Planning for the Golden years!
There’s nothing worse than seeing older or disabled person unable to enjoy their home or worse, forced to move because the existing conditions are not user friendly.
A home that is user-friendly for the elderly and the disabled can be aesthetically pleasing. More and more products today are designed for disabled or elderly applications and have broken the “utilitarian” design mold and are now quite attractive.
via A Concord Carpenter Comments: Elderly-Friendly Remodeling.
Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Caregiving | Tags: housing
Family Caregiving – Living Together Meaningfully
National Association of Baby Boomer Women
Many parents are uncomfortable living in their children’s home – the feeling that they’re an imposition – especially if they have nothing to do. Most parents don’t want to feel like guests, yet it’s a fine line between helping and interfering.
via Living Together Meaningfully.
Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Dementia | Tags: family caregiving, housing
Organizations seek funds to build group home
The Vindicator, Youngstown, Ohio
BOARDMAN — A 3.2-acre patch of land on Glenwood Avenue could be the future site of a group home for autistic adults if two area nonprofit organizations can raise the money.
The Tri-county Autism Society purchased the land in 2005 for about $22,000, but it needs to raise $300,000 to $400,000 to build the proposed group home, which would house four autistic adults, said Helen Aiello, fund- raising coordinator.
via Organizations seek funds to build group home – Local & Regional News – Vindy.com, The Vindicator.
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Caregiving | Tags: adults with autism, housing
Construction Begins on $50 Million Campus for Autism and Developmental Disability Life Quality
Reuters
SAN MARCOS, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Marking a new chapter in the realization of life quality for those with autism and other developmental disabilities, the Training, Education & Research Institute TERI, Inc. today officially broke ground on construction for the Charles R. Cono Center for Research & Life Planning. Set on 20 acres in North San Diego County, the $50 million campus will directly address the crisis of a growing and aging population with autism and other developmental disabilities by providing a comprehensive array of services and support programs covering their entire lifespan in a dynamic location.
Posted on October 2, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism, Caregiving | Tags: adults with autism, housing
Maine condo conversion project gets under way
Portland (Maine) Press Herald
SOUTH PORTLAND — Construction has started on a commercial building in the Knightville neighborhood that’s being converted to condominiums for adults with developmental disabilities.
The three-story, 6,000-square-foot building on E Street has enough space for nine units, including two for live-in staff members.
Anna Bulger, 21, of Cape Elizabeth plans to live there. Bulger has autism. Her mother, Mary Chris Bulger, said she bought the building to give her daughter a sense of pride and independence.
via Knightville conversion project gets under way | Portland Press Herald.
Posted on September 25, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Autism | Tags: adults with autism, housing