Help Needed & Services Offered
If you are looking for specific services for an individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder or their family, you can post it here. If you are a service provider or have special skills that you would like to share with someone in the autism community that can be posted here as well.
Contact us if you are interested in posting an ad whether you are looking for a babysitter, a therapist, a parent to talk to or for someone who may be interested in your services.
Please note that Oakland University is not responsible for nor are we recommending those who may respond to your ad. We are simply providing an avenue for families to find the assistance they need and for professionals to promote their services.
Caregiver/Companion for Young Adult with Autism (Troy, MI)
We’re seeking caring individuals to provide occasional companionship and support for our 21-year-old with autism and other special needs. He is living with a roommate in Troy attending a “college-like” program and working part-time. Initially, we’re looking for people who can occasionally spend time with him on weekends or evenings, offering companionship and gradually stepping into a support role. He enjoys sports, video games, riding elevators, grabbing Starbucks, and crosswalks, so someone who can engage with him in these activities would be a great fit. By June, when his college program ends and his daily structure decreases, we’ll need more regular weekly support. Support tasks may include remotely helping him stay on schedule (e.g., getting up & ready for work, taking medication) via phone calls or FaceTime, assisting with groceries and meal prep, light housekeeping/laundry, and activity/transportation scheduling.
Support for Adult with Autism
We are looking for a kind, warm, genuinely interested and compassionate individual to support our 34-year-old daughter at her place of employment every Wednesday and Friday. We live one mile North of Oakland University, and her job is in Waterford. (approximately 13 miles from our home)
This position provides you additional experience, as it is at a very sought after and well-established non-profit for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our daughter has worked there for 11 years as an Occupational Therapy Aide, giving light, one-to-one sensory integration support to participants. It is a warm, loving place to staff and participants alike.
Hours are 9am – 12:30pm, picking her up at home and back, after supporting and assisting her.
We require a Driver’s License, Proof of Insurance, background check, etc. We offer excellent pay, mileage from our door both ways - and a quarterly bonus.
Our daughter has ASD and NVLD, which is a little-known condition invisible to the naked eye. It is characterized by visual/spatial challenges, motor difficulties and trouble understanding nonverbal information (still not in the DSM). She is very verbal, has a strong vocabulary, but has difficulty grasping the relationships between things she sees and a clear understanding of where they are. Visual imagery is challenging. She is extremely literal, cannot intuit or read between the lines for meaning. Body language, abstract concepts, metaphors, hyperbole, idioms and facial expressions often cause confusion and anxiety. We and she will teach you how this disability impacts all areas of her life. She is quiet, wants to learn, is interested, kind and needs someone who is too. Her disabilities are
invisible, which makes her needs overlooked.
Please contact Kitt at [email protected] or call 248-891-1060.
Autastic Athletics - Tennis Program
Groups are forming now in Oakland, Macomb, Wayne and Genesee counties: for autistic athletes, by autistic athletes! Our coach has over 15 years of experience working with his fellow autistic individuals, and is a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association! He also has been playing competitive tennis his whole life, and was the first autistic person to serve on the board for Autism Society of Michigan. Please email [email protected] or call (248)224-4151 for more information. (Posted 4/12/21)
Autism Support Design 24-7
Individualized, designed programs for adults and teens on the Spectrum to learn skills to achieve the best adult outcomes, are available to the ASD Community. Our programs are designed by a parent/educator with an M.E. in Special Ed-Autism Endorsement, who has a proven track record in helping people on the Spectrum be the best they can be, and are implemented by her son, a life coach on the Spectrum. This mother and son team have already helped multiple clients improve their skill sets in Life as well as become more in tune with their needs and their strengths as adults on the Spectrum. For more information please contact Doreen Ackner at [email protected] or at (248)219-0457 (Posted 10/13/20)
Oakland University Center for Autism Outreach
456 Pioneer Dr.
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
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(248) 370-2424
[email protected]
Oakland University Center for Autism Outreach