Autism and Related Disorders in New Brunswick: My Son With Autism and Cognitive Challenges Benefits GREATLY from Volunteer Work

Friday, March 13, 2020

My Son With Autism and Cognitive Challenges Benefits GREATLY from Volunteer Work

This FB memory is one of my favorites - Conor washing windows at the Willie O'Ree Place. Conor benefits GREATLY from being able to perform volunteer work that he does there. He benefits physically and emotionally his post 21 aging out of school anxiety levels were nipped in the bud with his Window washing work. The past 2 years I have seen the EVIDENCE of the value he receives. (Unlike non evidence based NBACL and Autism Connections Fredericton who are trying to take such opportunities away from my son and others in similar cases) Conor misses his window washing work when he can't for various reasons get to do it on specific days.

2 Years Ago

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Harold L Doherty is at Willie O'Ree Place.

March 13, 2018Fredericton, NB

which he does there and he got down to scrub the bottom window in this picture when I arrived. Yes he likes this work as you might be able to tell from his smile.

Would you recommend this place?

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NB Needs an Adult Autism Center and Network

"Paul McDonnell, September, 2010 "Our greatest need at present is to develop services for adolescents and adults. What is needed is a range of residential and non-residential services and these services need to be staffed with behaviourally trained supervisors and therapists. In the past we have had the sad spectacle of individuals with autism being sent off to institutional settings such as the Campbellton psychiatric hospital, hospital wards, prisons, and even out of the country at enormous expense and without any gains to the individual, the family or the community. We need an enhanced group home system throughout the province in which homes would be linked directly to a major centre that could provide ongoing training, leadership and supervision. That major centre could also provide services for those who are mildly affected as well as permanent residential care and treatment for the most severely affected. Such a secure centre would not be based on a traditional "hospital" model but should, itself, be integrated into the community in a dynamic manner, possibly as part of a private residential development.The focus must be on education, positive living experiences, and individualized curricula. The key to success is properly trained professionals and staff."