Featured Resources
General Transition Resources
Check out some of our trainings & webinars on transition here
MAC played a leadership role in the passage of the law requiring transition age to begin at 14, as well as the implementation guidelines for parents and for professionals.
MAC’s Transition Timeline (English, Spanish, French, Creole, Vietnamese)
Sample Request for Transition Assessment (English, Spanish, French, Vietnamese)
The legislative Task Force on Higher Education for Students with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder released its final report, under the leadership of Rep. Tom Sannicandro, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education. MAC was instrumental in the development of the report. Task Force members included Julia Landau, MAC Senior Project Director, and Brian Heffernan, former MAC Youth Advocate Fellow. The report advocates for equal rights to higher education for students who have been denied the benefits for too long.
MAC helped establishment of the Transition Specialist Endorsement to ensure students receive appropriate transition services.
Higher Education Resources
ThinkCollege series written by MAC Senior Project Director Julia Landau and Legal Consultant Paige Parisi:
ABLE/Attainable Savings Plan Series
This is an informational series about ABLE accounts, which are available in Massachusetts as a result of the passage of the Autism Omnibus Act, in which MAC played a leading advocacy role. The content in this series is provided by Fidelity Investments via a collaboration between MAC and Fidelity.