Tag: adults

Organic farming for self-reliance

By Rick Colosimo / October 9, 2009
This article on a European CSA alternative struck me as a great idea to use as a framework for an adult living/training option for some autistic adults or teens. A farm environment would allow for a variety of sensory environments...

Long term planning for ASD adults

By Rick Colosimo / June 22, 2009
The discussion about the treatment of the adults working at the turkey farm tied to ideas I’ve discussed before. As I tweeted earlier today, the population of developmentally disabled adults is growing, and the demographics show that we haven’t reached...

Background on the turkey farm

By Rick Colosimo / June 22, 2009
(I started writing a reply to Tom’s comment on the Institution or Community post, but I got on a roll and decided my response was long enough to merit its own post.) There are news stories that describe prior confirmation...

Institution or Community?

By Rick Colosimo / June 18, 2009
Dora Raymaker at Change.org often gets straight to the point when instances of mistreatment are revealed. This post about a turkey farm where developmentally disabled adults were paid $0.44 an hour generates her question about what separates an institution from...