group homes

Autism and Adult Housing Choices: Separating Myths From Facts

August 22, 2016 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Housing for autistic adults is a fraught and confusing topic. We talked with Sam Crane, who explains why group homes can be bad for disabled residents, and why “intentional” housing often means just the opposite for the disabled people who actually live there.

Stop Isolating Autistic Adults and Calling It “Community-Based Housing”

August 3, 2016 • By Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Kit Mead kpagination.wordpress.com Photo: Mike Wilson. Creative Commons license. [image: White paper houses with different colored doors & windows.] Introduction Less than a month after I wrote a blog post on the media misrepresentation of Autistic people like me, I’ve gotten wind of yet another case of journalism that misrepresents Autistic people – and in