Based off of English 400 research paper on Autism in the Richmond Community

1. ASD Support in
Richmond
By: Stephanie Peloquin

2. What is ASD?
 Autism Spectrum Disorder
 Development Disorder
 Many degrees/ levels
 3 symptoms
 Difficulty understanding social cues
 Difficulty expressing emotions
 Difficulty adapting to change

3. Staggering Statistics
 2000 the risk of having a child who has ASD was 1/150
 2008 the risk of having a child who has ASD is 1/88
 That is 450% increase in LESS than 10 years
 1% of students in schools have ASD, but it is the ONLY
disability category to quintuple in less than 10 years

4. Questions of Concerned Parents,
Students and Educators
 Can the school system meet the vocational needs of the
child?
 Can the school system provide adequate education to
educators, students, and parents about ASD
 Can the school system provide technology that may be
beneficial to the education of the student?

5. Instructional Problems
 Many teachers are uneducated on correct strategies
 How to control “triggers” and handle outbursts
 Discomfort
 Inclusion classrooms

6. Vocational Problems
 No knowledge of vocational needs in IEP’s
 Very little preparation for life in college or the workforce
 More than half of young adults who have ASD that have
graduated from high school do not participate in college or
the work force
 35% attend college

7. Curriculum Problems
 Effective resources cost money
 When choosing curriculum educators usually pick the
curriculum with the best aesthetics and that is the least
expensive
 Won’t pay for the most effective technology

8. What Can Richmond Do?
 ASD NEST
 ABA
 PACE