Webinar: Unlocking Employment Opportunities: Navigating Transportation and Housing Barriers for Autistic Adults
Unlocking Employment Opportunities: Navigating Transportation and Housing Barriers for Autistic Adults
Presented by Pam Blanton and Kelsey Calder
Reliable transportation is critical for maintaining employment, yet many autistic individuals experience difficulty navigating public transit systems, driving independently, or coordinating their travel plans. Additionally, the lack of affordable housing with safe living arrangements and supports can cause layers of stress and instability that negatively impact work performance. The presenters will offer essential transportation and travel training tips, practical strategies for managing challenging living arrangements, and information about Section 8 housing subsidies.
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Speakers
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Pam BlantonFounder & CEO - Partners4HousingPam Blanton‘s career has spanned 30 years in special needs housing. As a housing coordinator in Seattle, she has assisted around 450 people with IDD with their move into housing over a 5-year period and has built an in-depth working knowledge of how to help people navigate SSI, SSDI, State Residential Support, Medicaid-funded personal care services, supported employment income, and Section 8 housing subsidies. Her career goal, and my company’s mission, is to empower families to create housing solutions that meet the unique needs of their Loved Ones with IDD and create a real solution for the future.
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Kelsey CalderTravel Training Instructor - GRTCKelsey Calder is recognized as the first nationally certified travel training instructor. She was a licensed special education teacher for ten years. Kelsey works for GRTC as their travel training instructor, a role in which she created and implemented GRTC’s first travel training program specializing in individuals with disabilities and senior citizens for the past 9 years. The program has trained over 275 individuals and groups through one-on-one training, personal mobility device training, and bus orientations.
