Download - Asperger Syndrome
age 14
Jake PinnerDiagnosis: Asperger syndrome
• 2010 Graduate, Jack C. Hays High School, Buda
• Full inclusion with IDEA supports
• Austin Community College Austin, Texas
• Section 504 supports
Age 19
• Strengths and talents– Foreign languages
– Music
– Remembering details
– Perfect pitch
– Calendar calculation
• School supports – Focus Program (Positive
Behavior support)
– Extra time for assignments
– Opportunity to retake tests
– Individual administration for TAKS
– BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan)
– Use of computer for assignments
– Help with organization
• Home supports– none
• State supports– none
• Transition Activities– help getting registered
at Austin Community College
• School and community activities
– Choir, solos, speaking engagements
• Employment– None
• What worked best in high school
– Focus Program
– Help with organization
– Extra time for assignments
• If I had a ‘do-over’
– I would have studied harder and focused more on homework
• College supports
– Note-taking, testing in OSD– Breaks during assessments
• After-class supports– None
• State supports
– DARS tuition and books
• College Employment
– None
• Transition Activities– Family and friend help organizing
and scheduling work
– I order my own prescriptions, make my own doctor appointments and see my doctor by myself
– I ask for help at the tutoring center when I have difficulty with college work
- I schedule appointments with OSD when necessary
• College & Community Activities- none
• What worked best during college
Good connection with OSD counselor
Tutoring center
Learning how to talk
to my professors
If I had a ‘do-over’
– Too soon to tell
WORK IN PROGRESS
• Organization
– managing my time
– keeping my school work (notebooks & binders) clean and organized
• Social interaction
– proper ways to communicate with friends or anyone I don’t know really well
• Participation in educational meetings
– being able to attend meetings
– understanding what’s going on
• Self-advocacy skills-asking for help when I need it
-explaining my disability
-knowing my modifications and
how to ask for them when I need
them
• Managing challenging teachers-Dealing with tough teachers
(teachers that are not really
experienced with Autism issues)
• Understanding my disability-understanding which behaviors
are happening
-how it may affect my self-esteem