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ALT Our mission is: To promote quality mental health care and supports for people with developmental disabilities by providing access to information, resources, and training. Background image is a colorful abstract painting with blue, pink, and purple colors, similar to a sky.
ALT LGBTQ Pride Month. “There tends to be discomfort around the idea of disabled people as anything other than children. We are not considered as sexual or romantic beings, and even when that happens, there’s an assumption that all disabled people are heterosexual. There needs to be much more awareness and conversation around relationships in general, with understanding about queer issues." - Dr. Emily Lund who identifies as nonbinary, asexual, and lesbian, and also lives with cerebral palsy.
ALT The rate of autism identification has increased. A bar chart shows increasing amounts of people found to have autism (1 in 150 in 2000, 1 in 88 in 2008, and 1 in 59 in 2014).
ALT Autistic people are more likely to experience some mental health conditions than non-autistic people
ALT Autistic people experience much misunderstanding, discrimination, and marginalization
ALT The first step in addressing their mental health is to better understand their: experiences, desires, needs.
ALT Top of the image has the AUCD Webinar logo and the AIR-P logo. Image notes the title “Tele-therapy for autism during COVID-19: A survey of parents in Southern California.” Pictured is the guest speaker Dr. Kristen Choi (PhD, RN, FAAN) who is a child/adolescent psychiatric nurse and health services researcher. She is pictured with light brown wavy hair and a black top and is standing in front of buildings while smiling. At the bottom of the image, it has bolded text that says “Register Today! aucd.org/aucdevents”. Closed Captioning will be provided at the webinar.
ALT People with developmental disabilities interact with various service providers, from neurologists and physical therapists to support aides. Multiple circles shown with images of different professionals.
ALT Numerous appointments with providers may leave them with therapy fatigue. Image of a woman surrounded by dialogue bubbles, but her attention is elsewhere.
ALT When communicating with clients who may be experiencing therapy fatigue: Ask about the need for environmental adjustments to lighting, noise, space, and temperature; Be conscious of time to avoid listening fatigue and cognitive overload; Be patient and allow time for processing, or adjust the pace if needed.
