Developing Our Sensory and Social Self-Advocacy Abilities: Using The Integrated Self-Advocacy ISA Curriculum at Home, Work or School
Presented by Valerie Paradiz, PhD, Chloe Rothschild, Campbell Teague, Jeremy Sicile-Kira at the Fall 2012 Autism Research Institute Conference
Published: 12/07/2012
Chloe Rothschild is a young adult with Autism. She is a self advocate who lives in Ohio with her family. Chloe is a talented writer, she has her own blog: “Oh The Places I’ll Go: Finding My Way With Autism”, and she also writes for an E-Magazine called Special-Ism once a month. Chloe is a youth leader for AGI. Her areas of interest include: self-regulation, sensory differences, communication challenges, meltdowns, self-advocacy, trauma, and other topics as well.
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