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(also known as Daily Living Skills)
Daily living skills include, but are not limited to, using the toilet, bathing oneself, brushing teeth, shaving, managing menstrual care, eating appropriately, washing clothes, using the telephone, preparing meals, and cleaning. In an attempt to get more people with mental retardation out of institutional and residenti... more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

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Condition Members Success
Autism / Autism Spectrum
238
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Blindness & Visual Impa...
2
100%
Bereavement
2
100%
Migraine Headaches
1
100%
Chronic Pain
1
100%
Overall, 96% (250 Members) find Independent Living Skills helpful
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I was in a program at high school where special needs students learned how to run a coffee shop. (making drinks, greeting customers, managing money, etc.) This was GREAT!
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We prefer to keep him in plans to continue living with family; but he is currently learning 'life skills'.
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My mom is homeschooling him and we are teaching him skills like cooking cleaning laundry etc.
Always working on these. Getting better all the time.
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The more training ans support, the better.
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working
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signing at home, talking alot
We are working on this now to facilitate his transition to college and living on his own.
work in presss..
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we worked on that every day learning to put on shoes pantgs and shirt
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