In a session originally recorded for our 2024 Neurodiversity Conference: Adults Across the Autism Spectrum, yet never before released to the general public, this  ⁨@USAutism⁩  Feature Video covers a topic that is especially relevant in today's world for individuals of all ages across the autism spectrum. Having seen over 20,000 patients in his years of Biomedical Practice, Dr. Phillip C. Demio, advisory board member for US Autism discusses autism from the perspective of its all-to-often, co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions. While this session is not in any way intended to serve as medical advice, the topics covered in this session can serve as a good starting place for individuals and family members of those who are affected to initiate conversations with their doctors and/or mental health practitioners whenever mind-body wellness isn't what it should be.

Join us in watching Dr. Marlo Thurman, US Autism President, speak with Advisory Board Member Dr. Robin Brewer on the topic of preparing teens with more significant support needs for their transition from high school to adult life. Using an approach that begins with person-centered planning, Dr. Brewer shares her wealth of expertise on the importance of recognizing individual strengths, interests, and needs to drive services, supports, and transition plans for all individuals, irrespective of their degree of impairment. Designed for those within Special Education programs, the topic of Person-Centered Planning should apply to all individuals across the broad autism spectrum.

In an @USAutism Feature Video, Raun K. Kaufman shares with US Autism President Dr. Marlo Payne Thurman some of the most surprising triggers for the extreme behaviors, melt-downs, and what Raun refers to as "neuro-crashes" in individuals across the autism spectrum. As a child, Raun was diagnosed with severe autism. In this interview Raun brings to this topic both his expertise as a world-renowned leader in the field of autism, and his own deeply personal experience as an autistic self-advocate.

In this week's  @USAutism  Feature Video, Yasmine White, our newest US Autism Board of Directors Member offers a deep dive into the topic of using music therapy to enhance language and communication, self-efficacy, and ultimately to improve the quality-of-life for individuals across the autism spectrum. In a very in-depth discussion about the ways that music therapy can be used to address treatment goals, this session gives viewers a new way to think about music as a " neural connector" in the brains of those who may be "wired differently." For more information about his topic and others, please visit us at: www.usautism.org. For additional details about the work of Yasmine White please see her website at: https://voicestogether.org/

Most of us have heard some of Dr. Temple Grandin’s thoughts and opinions about children on the autism spectrum and what we as their teachers, professionals, and parents should be focusing on to help them become successful adults. But it isn’t very often that we get to hear what Temple has to say about herself or what advise she has for autistic adults. In this @USAutism Exclusive Interview, Dr. Grandin discusses a variety of topics that are new, even for us. In a session only ever before seen by attendees of our 2024 US Autism Neurodivergent Online Conference, this interview offers a very special, in-her-own-words discussion with US Autism Moderator Theresa Wrangham detailing Dr. Grandin’s thoughts and experiences on the topic of autism in adults. Enjoying our content? Please subscribe, like, and share it, and then get involved at: https://www.usautism.world/get-involved.