Adapt, Advocate, Achieve your best life.
Our Mission at Autistic Adult and Teen Consulting (AATC) in Charlotte, NC
We are a company that celebrates neurodiversity. We don’t address deficits, we address differences. Our mission is to help you navigate the challenges of functioning as a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical world. Transitions are challenging. We want to help you be prepared so that you have the best start.
What We Do
At Autistic Adult & Teen Consulting, we help autistic teens prepare for the transition to college and/or adulthood. We also work with autistic adults who are seeking guidance to make home management, job searching, or their current employment run more smoothly and effectively.
Are you a business or educational institution seeking to become more welcoming to neurodivergent individuals? We can help with that too.
We are an occupational therapist led company.
As occupational therapists, we are experts in finding solutions to enable individuals to be as independent as possible in everyday tasks:
Self care tasks (dressing, grooming, etc.)
Tasks that require executive function skills (time management, organization, planning). These executive function skills are essential for success in tasks such as shopping for and preparing a meal, managing bills, managing tasks/demands at school or work.
Home management tasks (laundry, cleaning, etc.)
Sensory Strategies for Adults
We are also experts in the sensory system! We teach simple ways to adapt the environment so that it suits your sensory system. A simple adjustment can change a task from stressful to pleasant, or a workspace from distracting to a productive space. In addition, we teach self-management sensory strategies so that you are alert, less stressed, and more productive.
How it Works
In our consultative role, we work with you to find solutions to the everyday challenges.
Strategies/skills that we teach:
Adapting various environments to meet your needs
Self-cueing strategies to improve independence and ease with tasks
Executive function strategies
Goal-setting skills
Self-advocacy skills
We Celebrate Differences
So often, societal or company problems can be resolved by the ability to see things differently.
At Autistic Adults & Teens Consulting we believe you have a lot to offer. We know that being different can be a gift, but it still can be difficult.
It can be challenging to navigate the differences between your neurodivergent needs and an environment, company culture, or social expectations that don’t match-up.
Who We Work With
We address the needs of Autistic adults, teens, and pre-teens who have the potential to succeed in higher education, a career, or living independently, but who could use guidance in navigating the challenges along the way. We work with pre-teens to adults, ages 11 and up.
Do I Need A Diagnosis?
Perhaps you are an individual without a diagnosis but who self-identifies autistic traits. We don’t need a label, but we do need to make sure we’ll be a good fit.
Start with a FREE phone consultation to learn more.
Tell us more about yourself or your teen/pre-teen and we’ll make sure that our services match your needs. In our company we prefer to use identity-first language since this is what the majority of Autistic adults prefer.