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Shape your way in the world and overcome any challenge!Living on your own for the very first time can be exciting yet nerve-wracking--you'll search for roommates, interview for jobs, manage finances, and form relationships. But adjusting to this new life can seem especially difficult when you're on the Autism Spectrum. Drawing on her experiences, Lynne Soraya, one of ThAutcast.com's Most Inspiring Autistic People and author of Psychology Today's Asperger's Diary, will provide you with valuable advice as she guides you through each step of your transition into adulthood. These real-life strategies will help you cope with the feelings brought on by this change as well as deal with common challenges, like:Budgeting and handling bills.Finding the right residence and/or roommates.



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Lynne Soraya

Lynne Soraya learned early the impact of expectations and the reality of the diversity of the human experience. A child with an unusual profile of skills and abilities, she was blessed with excellent teachers who saw through her differences and struggles to the ability beneath. It was only in adulthood, after years of difficulties and confusion, that she learned that her differences had a name: Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism.Today, she is a woman who wears many hats. As a disability advocate and writer, she works to build awareness to the issues affecting those who do not fit into the mold society labels as "typical." Her work has been featured on the The Creativity Post, The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, and Autism and Empathy site.She was chosen as one of the Top 50 Most Inspiring Autistic People for 2011 at ThAutcast.com. She has been interviewed by several media outlets, including the Boston Globe, USA Today, the Columbian news magazine Semana, and the Child Mind Institute. She has an essay published in the book Asperger Syndrome (Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders) which also contains work by Temple Grandin and Tony Attwood. Her new book, Living Independently on the Autism Spectrum will be available in bookstores in June 2013.In her day job, she's a technological professional in the Fortune 500 who also works to drive diversity and inclusion in a corporate context.



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