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9484 Community, Recreation and Meaningful Work: An Intentional Community for Adults with Autism in Wisconsin


Saturday, July 15, 2017: 10:15 AM-11:30 AM
Room: 102D (Wisconsin Center )
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What happens when the 22 year old with autism has "aged out" of school? Where will he find community and meaningful work? How will he engage in the leisure/ recreational/spiritual activities that make lives richer?   Come learn about an approach to intentional communities that can work across the country.
This session will cover the following topics (with co-presenters including property developers, service provider):

  1. Description of options (or lack of options) available to build a “meaningful life” for adults with classic autism after age 22

  2. Elements needed to create a meaningful life for adults with autism

  3. One approach to building an intentional community that:

    1. Meets the needs of the residents

    2. Provides for “aging in place”

    3. Answers the need of regulators for an inclusive environment

    4. Is financially self-sustaining under the current funding streams flowing to adults with classic autism

  4. Tapping into resources available in the community:

    1. Case Management

    2. Service Providers

    3. Vocational Providers

    4. Rec/leisure opportunities

  5. Establishing a governance model

    1. Building a board of directors

    2. Selecting an executive director

  6. Designing the physical space

    1. Individual apartments

    2. Intentional communal design – cooking and eating and leisure


Learning Objectives:

  • Examine the use of governmental funds to support independent living for adults with autism
  • Review methods to partner with local institutions to create an intentional community
  • Discuss the support requirements for an intentional community - as well as understand the "typical day" or "typical week" for adults in the community

Track: Life Stage 4 - Adulthood

Content Area: Independent Living

Presenters:

Rebecca Goldman, JD, MBA
ASSEW

Parent of a 30 year old with classic autism, responding to the lack of solutions for young adults with autism across the country.

Erich Schwenker
Cardinal Capital Management, Inc.

In partnership with its various non-profit partners, Cardinal Capital has developed housing with features and amenities that address the needs of Veterans, Homeless, Deaf and Deaf-Blind, Vision Loss and Impairment, Substance Abuse, and Persons Recovering from Mental Illness. Cardinal is developing housing that could serve persons on the autism spectrum.

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