Flourishing: Caregiving Autistic Adults Podcast

education · EN-US

This podcast addresses the critical knowledge gap for caregivers of autistic adults as they navigate the service cliff (Ishler et al., 2021), which is defined as the abrupt end of federally mandated educational services at the age of 22. The transition to adulthood lacks reliable, well-structured care coordination and support services to help caregivers identify and access the full range of available adult support services. Often, these services are hidden in grey literature, where you need to know the service name to explore the resource. The service cliff directly impacts caregivers as well as the autistic adult, as they experience discontinuation of a structured schedule, social isolation, and a disconnect from typical knowledge sharing that occurs at special educational support meetings. The research demonstrates a significant knowledge gap among caregivers of autistic adults, as well as medical providers, and this podcast proposes to address the knowledge gap faced by caregiver