Exercise and Autism

Abstract

the website, there are videos of four adolescents with different types of disabilities describing what they put in each of the boxes. Suggested questions are available to assist students in completing the One-Pager. See Chart 1 above for an example of a completed One-Pager. Both the I’m Determined website and the University of Kansas Beach Center website are extensive, with many materials and videos to explore and links to related sites. The materials on these sites can be used to teach specific foundational self-determination skills or to implement a comprehensive curriculum involving collaboration between speech-language pathologists and educators. Development of students’ self-determination and self-advocacy should be part of transition planning for students with disabilities. Transition plans are a required part of the special education process designed to help students with disabilities live as independently and self-sufficiently as possible after high school. Schools are required to include a transition plan in students’ IEPs when students turn 16 years old, but ideally, this transition process should begin much sooner. Teaching self-determination skills enables students to participate actively in their educational programs and development of their transition plans.