I’m sure when you reflect on your most transformative moment; you will think of a lesson that you weren’t planning on learning that day. Educators and parents alike call these memories natural learning experiences, and they can be both contrived and spontaneous.
Sometimes fashion can speak for itself, but we wanted to know what it was specifically about our students’ attire that reflected their characters. Please enjoy this CLE fashion photo shoot and the voices of our students reflecting their fashion statements.
Whether this is your first glimpse into College Living Experience, or you have known about us for many years, we are excited to officially announce the release of the new CLE Website. We hope you look around and take in all sights, we think there’s a little something here for everyone.
It's been six weeks and he's doing fine. My separation anxiety has abated somewhat, too. Oh, who am I kidding? For most of my son’s life he’s been misunderstood [...]
Many powerful and long-lasting connections can develop from peer groups, to best friends, and yes, sometimes even romantic relationships develop.
Retard. There, I said it. Now let’s spread the word to end the word. So how do we do this? Let’s look at a simple three-step process.
Riley Smith is a student at the Costa Mesa center who traveled with CLE to Japan in summer of 2015. He was interviewed about his experience.
by Terri Shermett, Program Director, CLE Davie At College Living Experience in Fort [...]
Frequently I find myself reflecting on Autism and how it has formed me into the person I am today. I didn’t choose to walk this journey; but I was indeed selected to raise this beautiful boy of mine.
My life with autism has been an interesting and challenging life, but I never imagined that I would be advocating for people and kids in the autism community. It first started when I was in 8th grade. I was not properly diagnosed until I was 14 years old, and I felt like I needed to tell my classmates about why I acted and learned differently than they did. So I wrote a letter explaining my autism and I decided to read it out loud in front of my class, along with my teacher and school principal. When I first went up, I was a little nervous because I don’t always like talking in front of people, but I got over it fast. All I needed to do was read from my letter, and I did. When I was done, I got an applause. That was my first time telling my personal story of autism, and I thought as I got into high school, I could tell more about the autism community.
