Creating Routines
We developed four lists for creating routines, waking up, meal planning and money management. Breaking down big goals into micro tasks can help you reach the goals you’ve been working on.
CLE’s Top Chef
At the beginning, David talked about his desire to be independent and live on his own. Although he wanted this for himself he was unsure of what it looked like and where to begin. We worked together to break down skills and focus on one goal at a time. From the very beginning a goal David had was learning how to cook.
My Open Letter: The Luckiest Brother
If you have a brother or sister getting ready to go off to college, you probably have mixed emotions. If you have a brother or sister with Autism going away to college, then you absolutely do.
Losing Measurement, Gaining Perspective
So how long is one year? And how much can we accomplish, grow, and learn in one year? It depends on who’s measuring. This year’s lesson, for me, has been to break the stick that we measure ourselves by.
Interview with a CLE Mentor and Mentee
I had the pleasure to sit down with Coral and her CLE mentor, Kelsey, for an interview about mentoring.
What Does it Mean to be a Feminist with a Disability?
You only need to turn on the news today to see that there is a renewed importance surrounding the concept of feminism and the overall treatment of women in society.
Finding Love at CLE: Student Spotlight
I would love to introduce you to a couple who met here at CLE and have cultivated their relationship over the past 11 months. They were holding hands throughout the interview and very attentive to each other’s verbalizations.
An Ideal Partner: CLE Students Talk About Their Model Relationships
I set about asking students in Austin what they want in their ideal partner and we got some great qualities listed. Very few students talked about physical traits that they want in a partner, most talk about the personal qualities that they think are important to them in a relationship.
Clear Communication – It’s not so Clear…
Communication is the key to connection and the key to getting what we want and need in life. But the how, when, why, and where of communicating effectively is not so easy.
My Open Letter: Parent to Parent – There Is Much To Address
You’re approaching your child’s transition from high school to adulthood, and I have a guess what you’re feeling. You may be intimidated about choosing what’s next for your child. Just getting your child through K-12 may have absorbed all your attention until now. You may find leaving behind familiar supports feels risky, like launching a rowboat on the open sea.