Preparing for Adulthood, with Dani Bowman, Robert Schmus, Cammie McGovern, and Cheryl Albright

Discover what’s possible when we expand the meaning of independence.  We’ve received great feedback about our previous Global Autism Community episodes, so we’ve decided to release another one!  The topic of this roundtable discussion was Preparing for Adulthood, and its diverse panel included Dani Bowman, Robert Schmus, Cheryl Albright, and Cammie McGovern. Dani is an autism self-advocate, animator, illustrator, teacher, and public speaker; Robert is an autism self-advocate, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and writer; Cheryl is an occupational therapist, certified yoga instructor, and autism sibling. Cammie is the mother of a 25-year-old autistic adult and has recently published a book titled Hard Landings: Looking into the Future of a Child with Autism.  Other community members who participated in this event were Jeff Snyder, David Sharif, Kia Burton, and Karen Shapiro.  As with previous community-event recordings, the sound quality is a bit inconsistent because we hadn’t originally planned it as a podcast episode. However, we’ve done our best to improve it, and I assure you that the stories and perspectives shared are really worth listening to.  In today’s conversation, we discuss:  Support and programs to help transition into adulthood Essential skills that children and adolescents ought to learn Different adult services available across the US Living independently versus in communities Applying for college or a job Financial planning and budgeting  To learn more about the panelists in this discussion, please visit: Dani Bowman - danibowman.com  Robert Schmus - [email protected]  Cheryl Albright - Soul to Soul Yoga  Cammie McGovern - cammiemcgovern.com  Roundtable discussions like the one you’ll hear today are open exclusively for members of our online Global Autism Community. We select a different theme each month, and our moderators monitor posts daily to ensure that our online space remains safe and respectful. If you’d like to attend and participate in any of our future events, you can sign up today at community.globalautismproject.org.  ----more---- We appreciate your time. If you enjoy this podcast and you’d like to support our mission, please take just a few seconds to share it with one person who you think will find value in it too.  Follow us on Instagram: @autismpodcast  Join our community on Mighty Networks: Global Autism Community  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Global Autism Project  We would love to hear your feedback about the show. Please fill out this short survey to let us know your thoughts: Listener Survey