Connecting ASD Students to Career Options: 20 Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

Let’s start with a 4 question  self-questionnaire. You may  give it to a student or  your son/daughter .  1. Do you know the career that is right for you? ___ Yes    ___Not Sure     ___No 2. Do you have a unique interest or ability, but don’t know the right course of study or career Read More

Facing the Fear of Uncertainty

  Mary is a delightful 19 year old woman who has autism. Now that she has graduated high school, she has tremendous fear that is preventing her from pursuing a career goal. Her days are filled with hiding in her room drawing and reading. Although she feels safe there, she really doesn’t like hiding in Read More

Blog: Twenty-five Effective Career Preparations that Promote Autism Spectrum Employment

Twenty-Five Effective Career Preparations that Promote Autism Spectrum Employment Reprinted by permission from Different Brains.

Believe you can move to higher interests

“Believe you can move to higher interests and capabilities, or you will always be where you are now.” Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Marquette Strengths and Career Index  Research | Consultant | Speaker | 4 time veteran of adult transition (39 year son with autism) 502 417-6063 drjackiemarquette@gmail.com www.marquettestrengthsindex.com

When we see the best

When we see the best qualities in individuals with #ASD and work around their limitations, we enable them to #become what they are #capable of being. Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Marquette Strengths and Career Index  Research | Consultant | Speaker | 4 time veteran of adult transition (39 year son with autism) Read More

Everyone has valuable strengths

“Everyone has valuable strengths that can be developed for a career, contributing to oneself and the world.” Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Marquette Strengths and Career Index  Research | Consultant | Speaker | 4 time veteran of adult transition (39 year son with autism) 502 417-6063 drjackiemarquette@gmail.com www.marquettestrengthsindex.com Connecting ASD and DD to Read More

See Me…

  “To be a connected support- giver to me, don’t take yourself seriously. See my  best strengths and be patient with me. I will receive you well. Life is too short to increase my anxiety in new situations that I want to manage and do well.”  Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Read More

Our culture has never…

Our culture reveals how typical students make school transitions, but has never revealed how students with ASD, developmental disabilities and other health impairments (OHI) make effective school transitions to employment outcomes. Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Marquette Strengths and Career Index  Research | Consultant | Speaker | 4 time veteran of adult transition Read More

When I struggle entering a new setting…

See Me: ASD & Unspoken Words:  When I struggle entering a new setting, I will accept exposure better if you can toss out skill requirements that are weak in me, like opening a drawer and quickly tossing stuff aside.  Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Marquette Strengths and Career Index  Research | Read More

Know that my quality of life…

See Me: ASD & Unspoken Words:  “Know that my quality of life isn’t about just doing things to keep busy or for the sake of doing them. It’s about my having  purpose, joy, and a sense of belonging.” Dr. Jackie Marquette Marquette Index, LLC. Creator of the Marquette Strengths and Career Index  Research | Consultant | Read More