Transitions to College / Adulthood
General
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities Transition Resources
AUCD’s website resources for transition issues for children and teens with disabilities, their families, providers, and communities.
- Smoothing the Transition to Successful Adulthood
Social, employment, and other transition information for adolescents.
- Department of Developmental Services Consumer Corner
Free materials for young adults and adults with disabilities and their families. Topics cover all aspects of life.
- Leadership through Personal Change: Think-Plan-Do
Guide to help people with developmental disabilities have self-determined lives. Think-Plan-Do is the way the Consumer Advisory Committee for CA DDS uses to identify leadership goals and carry out plans for everyday life.
Education After High School
- ThinkCollege.net
Information and links about postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities.
- College-bound Students with Disabilities
Helps high school students and new college students learn about planning for and living college life with a disability. Includes video clips, activities, and resources.
- HEATH Resource Center at George Washington University
Online clearinghouse to postsecondary education for individuals with disabilities. Information for students on educational disability support services, policies, procedures, adaptations, accessing college or university campuses, career-technical schools, modules to download and other postsecondary training entities and programs.
- College Students with Disabilities Tell Their Stories
Four video interviews of college students with disabilities who share strategies and struggles to stay in school, graduate, and get jobs.
Asperger Syndrome and Adulthood
Asperger Syndrome: A College Professor's Guide
Short video for use by college students with Asperger Syndrome to
educate their professors and others.A College Professor’s Guide: how to best support students with Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome: A Professor's Guide(Part 2)
Short video with suggestions on how professors can support college students with Asperger Syndrome.
Employment
- Technical Assistance on Transition and Rehabilitation Act
Programs to help families with youth with disabilities prepare for employment and independent living.
- Toolkit: People with Disabilities as Volunteers in Community Service
Toolkit to share information about working with people with disabilities as volunteers in community service.
Health
- Talking with Your Doctor and Other Heath Care Professionals
Short video to teach young adults how to communicate with health care providers.
- Health Care Transitions
Video to help young adults with chronic health conditions and their families transition from pediatric to adult health care.
- Transition Workbook for Young Adults, Their Families, and Their Medical Providers
Workbook for transition from pediatric to adult focused health care.


