Secondery Transition: Disability-Specific Transition Information

Autism

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)

Deaf/Hard of Hearing

• Massachusetts Transition Resources for Young Adults Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  A brochure developed by the pepnet 2 State Team.

• Resources from Pepnet2
  A federally funded project whose mission is to increase the education, career, and lifetime choices available to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Intellectual

• School Days to Pay Days: An Employment Planning Guide for Families of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

• Think College
  Think College is a national organization dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving inclusive higher education options for people with intellectual disability.

Mental Health

• Department of Mental Health Transition Age Youth Initiative
  The Department of Mental Health Transition Age Youth (TAY) Initiative helps young persons embark on a positive life path into adulthood and toward the goals of personal stability, community housing and employment and positive youth and family relationships.

• Tip Sheets & Briefs for Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions
  The Learning and Working Transitions RTC at UMass Medical publishes these tip sheets and briefs for young adults (aged 14-30) with serious mental health conditions. Topics include Self Advocacy, Applying for a Job, SSI, IEPs, Mental Health on Campus, Peer Mentoring, etc.

• Speaking of Hope
  A recovery website for young adults.

• Voices4Hope
  Voices4Hope is a website for teenagers and young adults with mental health conditions to find resources and information to help them lead happy and independent lives. The website was created and is maintained by four young adults with mental health conditions at the Transitions Research and Training Center (RTC) at UMass Medical.

Special Health Care Needs

• Resources from Got Transition/Center for Health Care Transition for youth and families, a cooperative agreement between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health.

Visual Impairment/Blindness

• Resources from Perkins Scout Information Clearinghouse on Blindness and Visual Impairment

Disclaimer: The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does not control, endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of the information contained in external websites.

Last Updated: October 19, 2015