AUCD - A Comprehensive Approach to Transition
- Amanda LaClair, Chairperson
- Mar 24
- 1 min read
Date last verified by SEPAC: March 24, 2025.
Members of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) have produced this paper because they want to help people to work together to support the self-determined transition of youth to adulthood and community life. Self-determination means that people have a say in the important decisions of their own lives. Transition means moving from one place or stage of life to another. As youth leave school, they face several transitions. These include moving from school to work or more training or education after high school; moving from a family home to community living; and moving from child-oriented health care to adult care. Youth should be able to expect the support they need from family, community, professionals, and agencies to direct their own transitions. Many things stand in the way of everyone working together to support all the parts of a successful transition to adulthood.