Speaking Topics
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These are the topics that I specialize for my work due to its importance in the autism community. I do these topics for professional development at schools, general autism organizations, and annual conferences both in person and virtually.
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Personal Topics |
Outsider's Take on Autism, Adulthood and Connection
Andrew Arboe goes over his childhood and the inspirations that shaped him into the adult he is today. Andrew believes that these inspirations shaped his viewpoints and how he handles autism advocacy as a outsider due to lack of resources upon aging out. Due to being absent to the Autism scene until 2015/2016 and going the professional route, it gives him a gray take on autism. He covers his ten-year journey in this presentation with various real-life examples, photos. He finally gives advice to not just advocates, but parents as well on what he learned overall to celebrate life.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynote Presentation*
Calming Effects of Pet Relationships: Lessons I learned from Sky the Puppy!
This presentation goes over the health benefits of being a pet owner and the bond between dog and a person. Research show the health benefits that autistic people may receive from dogs. This goes over my perspective in raising Sky, the German Shepherd puppy. Sky legit made Andrew into a better human and became a popular mascot for my brand. Videos, photos and stories are shared during this presentation.
Andrew Arboe goes over his childhood and the inspirations that shaped him into the adult he is today. Andrew believes that these inspirations shaped his viewpoints and how he handles autism advocacy as a outsider due to lack of resources upon aging out. Due to being absent to the Autism scene until 2015/2016 and going the professional route, it gives him a gray take on autism. He covers his ten-year journey in this presentation with various real-life examples, photos. He finally gives advice to not just advocates, but parents as well on what he learned overall to celebrate life.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynote Presentation*
Calming Effects of Pet Relationships: Lessons I learned from Sky the Puppy!
This presentation goes over the health benefits of being a pet owner and the bond between dog and a person. Research show the health benefits that autistic people may receive from dogs. This goes over my perspective in raising Sky, the German Shepherd puppy. Sky legit made Andrew into a better human and became a popular mascot for my brand. Videos, photos and stories are shared during this presentation.
Autism and Transition to Adulthood
Autism can be complex as each person has varying needs. It goes into milestones like transitioning to adulthood where internal and external factors can affect that transition. Some states agencies can provide consistent services, while families in other states are stuck within years of waitlists. Andrew focuses on the transition and what can be done before aging out of special education because he believes that individuals and parents have the power within to do more and not have to wait on someone or something. No matter what language, viewpoint on autism, or what organizations you support, I intend to empower you from my materials and live talks.
Topics Available:
Planning your Transition Roadmap
Originally presented with a few students at Manchester Community College in Connecticut, this presentation goes over how to make the most out of college. I also go over transportation, employment and other aspects of college.
Being a Self-Advocate
Learn about the basics of being a self-advocate and being active in your communities. Discover what niche you can cover in your own advocacy.
Mindful Advocacy
Self-Advocates and those interested in advocacy can learn about how to create meaningful advocacy and what pitfalls to avoid at the same time. Based on my experiences, I have come to terms with my views and the many online spaces surrounding me.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Public Speaking 101
Designed for young adults who want to pursue their advocacy in workshop settings and legislative efforts. We go over how the components of public speaking like finding a mission to present about and where to market yourself towards places you aim to present over.
Navigating College
This represents a basic overview of college concepts like selecting a major, creating routine, using accommodations and other resources. Financial aid and other options are discussed with personal perspectives from Andrew who attended both in-person and online colleges.
Navigating Barriers and Overcoming Them
This presentation will cover how barriers can impact how individuals can achieve their major goals. It is also discussed is how engaging in problem solving techniques can decrease these barriers to be empowered in life. Andrew Arboe will touch upon his own experiences in how he dealt with barriers to achieve his goals and how to manage some failures along the way. Self-advocates and families are super welcome to attend this workshop.
Balancing FOMO: Fear of Missing Out
Fear of missing out is a fascinating psychology concept where people want to be engaged or obtain an item to not be behind others. It affects people's decision making in general and it is especially important in budgeting your money. Andrew is going to use his experiences on how he handled FOMO and the lessons he learned. FOMO is not inherently bad, and it can be something to balance overtime to be our best selves.
Using Play to Create Routine & Purpose for Autistic Adults
"Inspired by the play theory of Straut Brown, Andrew makes a case for professionals to invest in using play histories of young adults to create routines to establish structures after aging out of school. Andrew uses his own experiences to illustrate how using childhood passions introduced him to life themes and by finding a community group helped increase his self-confidence. His own play style helped him find purpose and be empowered in finding his professional passion through autism work."
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Housing: Setting up a Roommate Arrangement
"This topic goes over the key components of engaging in a roommate arrangement for housing. Andrew will review his lived experience of setting up the arrangement and the steps it took to make it official. Those steps follow from doing meetings to see the compatibility of yourself and the roommate themselves and setting up mock runs to try it out in a real setting. It also goes over the challenges and practical tips of making sure the arrangement and environment works with you."
Autism can be complex as each person has varying needs. It goes into milestones like transitioning to adulthood where internal and external factors can affect that transition. Some states agencies can provide consistent services, while families in other states are stuck within years of waitlists. Andrew focuses on the transition and what can be done before aging out of special education because he believes that individuals and parents have the power within to do more and not have to wait on someone or something. No matter what language, viewpoint on autism, or what organizations you support, I intend to empower you from my materials and live talks.
Topics Available:
Planning your Transition Roadmap
Originally presented with a few students at Manchester Community College in Connecticut, this presentation goes over how to make the most out of college. I also go over transportation, employment and other aspects of college.
Being a Self-Advocate
Learn about the basics of being a self-advocate and being active in your communities. Discover what niche you can cover in your own advocacy.
Mindful Advocacy
Self-Advocates and those interested in advocacy can learn about how to create meaningful advocacy and what pitfalls to avoid at the same time. Based on my experiences, I have come to terms with my views and the many online spaces surrounding me.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Public Speaking 101
Designed for young adults who want to pursue their advocacy in workshop settings and legislative efforts. We go over how the components of public speaking like finding a mission to present about and where to market yourself towards places you aim to present over.
Navigating College
This represents a basic overview of college concepts like selecting a major, creating routine, using accommodations and other resources. Financial aid and other options are discussed with personal perspectives from Andrew who attended both in-person and online colleges.
Navigating Barriers and Overcoming Them
This presentation will cover how barriers can impact how individuals can achieve their major goals. It is also discussed is how engaging in problem solving techniques can decrease these barriers to be empowered in life. Andrew Arboe will touch upon his own experiences in how he dealt with barriers to achieve his goals and how to manage some failures along the way. Self-advocates and families are super welcome to attend this workshop.
Balancing FOMO: Fear of Missing Out
Fear of missing out is a fascinating psychology concept where people want to be engaged or obtain an item to not be behind others. It affects people's decision making in general and it is especially important in budgeting your money. Andrew is going to use his experiences on how he handled FOMO and the lessons he learned. FOMO is not inherently bad, and it can be something to balance overtime to be our best selves.
Using Play to Create Routine & Purpose for Autistic Adults
"Inspired by the play theory of Straut Brown, Andrew makes a case for professionals to invest in using play histories of young adults to create routines to establish structures after aging out of school. Andrew uses his own experiences to illustrate how using childhood passions introduced him to life themes and by finding a community group helped increase his self-confidence. His own play style helped him find purpose and be empowered in finding his professional passion through autism work."
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Housing: Setting up a Roommate Arrangement
"This topic goes over the key components of engaging in a roommate arrangement for housing. Andrew will review his lived experience of setting up the arrangement and the steps it took to make it official. Those steps follow from doing meetings to see the compatibility of yourself and the roommate themselves and setting up mock runs to try it out in a real setting. It also goes over the challenges and practical tips of making sure the arrangement and environment works with you."
Autism and Learning to Driving/Transportation
Driving is one of those topics that do not always get covered by providers and schools. Throughout my focus on this topic, I found about three reoccurring issues. The first issue is the external factors or resources of an individual’s state. The second issue being a lack of providers who are trained in working with the autism population. Finally, the third issue is usually the level of anxiety an individual or family may have about driving. Therefore, I focused on sharing how these issues can be overcome by going over my personal experiences and strategies I developed over the years to families. Knowledge can be empowering for families, and I want them to come up with ideas of my own and use it for their own paths. Driving or transportation is personal for each person, and I intend to respect that.
Topics Available:
What Driving Provided to Me: An Autistic Perspective on Driving
Learn from a self-advocate perspective on how he got into driving and how that ended up empowering him ever since then. Learning to drive had its barriers from a lack of discussion from an autistic individual perspective. With little to work from, Andrew had to do it on his own and with his dad. Once he obtained his license, he advocated for driving resources ever since to make life more doable for autistic individuals. Andrew goes over driving strategies and real-life examples of his favorite drives. Over 5 years of insight from all his driving journeys.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Parent Strategies for Facilitating Driving Practice
The idea of their teens and older adults driving can cause anxiety to their parents. Even more when autism is in the picture. Anxiety can be an internal barrier to people trying to achieve their goals, including driving. Having seen his dad in action during his practice and speaking to many families, Andrew created this presentation to break this barrier down. Andrew will go over the best strategies to empower you and your teens. Andrew will also go over some red flags to note and what strategies to avoid overtime.
Transportation 101
Targeted for schools and providers who want to know what to look at for empowering individuals and families on transportation. We cover public buses, driving and anything else people can use to be independent.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Creating Change on Police Relations
Parents in this presentation can discover what they can do to create change in the traffic stop situation between the autism community and officers.
Special Education
Special Education can be empowering to individuals. While it can be complex with the laws and regulations, there is always something parents and professionals can do to ensure that the IEP plan is followed. This is why collaborations like ECHO Autism can help with that. It is a virtual meet up program that aims to bring knowledge to communities by collaborating with local and state providers nationwide.
Topics Available:
Exploration of Special Interests and How They Shaped my Life
We go over the autism term for special interests, intensive hobbies that could develop into a door for themselves and others to access. The term used to be seen as negative until the last decade when more people spoke about its potential. I go over my acceptance and how I use my special interest for my professional and social lifes. I also go over troubles that came up and the lessons it provided me.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Fulfilling Sensory Needs
Each autistic person has their own sensory needs and challenges. This presentation goes over each sense and strategies to help you manage your needs. This presentation is targeted towards parents with children or older individuals.
Job Coaching 101
Designed for school professionals, this topic goes over tips to make your job coaching go to the next level. Having job coached for almost three years, Andrew will review concepts and experiences he had to help you make the most out of this impactful role.
*Available for Professional Development*
Taking the Extra Steps: Teacher Assistant Tips!
Drawn from his experiences from working at a public and private school systems, Andrew wants to give back to the special education landscape with this topic targeting teacher assistants/ales/paraprofessionals. This presentation will review various tips and instructional strategies to give your staff an edge in their work. Being proactive is key for working in special education, therefore empowering your students!
*Available for Professional Development*
Finding Inspiration from Gaming Narratives: How Gaming Influenced my Life
"People worldwide use characters and stories from all sorts of media sources to find inspiration and video games are no exception. For staff from schools and providers who want to connect more with their individuals, Andrew will go over his own inspirations that led him to his autism advocacy. Learn what story themes to identify and how the narrative and its characters can influence people to find their inner strengths. Inspired by Andrew’s own journey in establishing his special interests."
*Available for Professional Development*
Reframing Post-Transitioning to Adulthood
"Transition or aging out of special education services can be scary for anyone to the point that is the perception it makes for itself. It is a perception that makes people miss various opportunities and experience negative mental health issues. Andrew believes that it doesn’t have to be this perception and that reframing it as a journey can help families and individuals move forward as life does not end at age 22. By self-pacing and following your strengths, you can make transitioning more positive, while accepting the scary/negative perception around you."
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Special Education can be empowering to individuals. While it can be complex with the laws and regulations, there is always something parents and professionals can do to ensure that the IEP plan is followed. This is why collaborations like ECHO Autism can help with that. It is a virtual meet up program that aims to bring knowledge to communities by collaborating with local and state providers nationwide.
Topics Available:
Exploration of Special Interests and How They Shaped my Life
We go over the autism term for special interests, intensive hobbies that could develop into a door for themselves and others to access. The term used to be seen as negative until the last decade when more people spoke about its potential. I go over my acceptance and how I use my special interest for my professional and social lifes. I also go over troubles that came up and the lessons it provided me.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Fulfilling Sensory Needs
Each autistic person has their own sensory needs and challenges. This presentation goes over each sense and strategies to help you manage your needs. This presentation is targeted towards parents with children or older individuals.
Job Coaching 101
Designed for school professionals, this topic goes over tips to make your job coaching go to the next level. Having job coached for almost three years, Andrew will review concepts and experiences he had to help you make the most out of this impactful role.
*Available for Professional Development*
Taking the Extra Steps: Teacher Assistant Tips!
Drawn from his experiences from working at a public and private school systems, Andrew wants to give back to the special education landscape with this topic targeting teacher assistants/ales/paraprofessionals. This presentation will review various tips and instructional strategies to give your staff an edge in their work. Being proactive is key for working in special education, therefore empowering your students!
*Available for Professional Development*
Finding Inspiration from Gaming Narratives: How Gaming Influenced my Life
"People worldwide use characters and stories from all sorts of media sources to find inspiration and video games are no exception. For staff from schools and providers who want to connect more with their individuals, Andrew will go over his own inspirations that led him to his autism advocacy. Learn what story themes to identify and how the narrative and its characters can influence people to find their inner strengths. Inspired by Andrew’s own journey in establishing his special interests."
*Available for Professional Development*
Reframing Post-Transitioning to Adulthood
"Transition or aging out of special education services can be scary for anyone to the point that is the perception it makes for itself. It is a perception that makes people miss various opportunities and experience negative mental health issues. Andrew believes that it doesn’t have to be this perception and that reframing it as a journey can help families and individuals move forward as life does not end at age 22. By self-pacing and following your strengths, you can make transitioning more positive, while accepting the scary/negative perception around you."
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Employment
Employment has been documented as one of the challenges individuals face upon aging out of school. It is also the most stereotyped with some thinking all individuals should do tech jobs. This is why I aim to decrease that stereotype by going over that the world has many work fields and that it is okay to not be tech based. I am part of human services, and my work history reflects that.
Topics Available:
Planning for Employment
Due to the employment situation with autistic individuals, this goes over what to do in order to gain employment and going over the standards for doing interviews and being ready for success. This presentation also goes over self-employment as well and Andrew will go over his experiences running Driving with Autism and the lessons he learned.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Want to Start an Online Business? Introduction to Self-Employment
For those who are interested in self-employment, I go over my experiences in starting the Driving with Autism program for almost a year. I go over what worked and what did not work for me, so people can know what to make sure they include in their business idea.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Job Interview Basics
Job Interviews can be a challenge for individuals, so this presentation aims to make interviews more doable. Andew goes over what to do prior to the interview, how to present yourself, and the post-interview process.
Lose a Job? Creating Routine during Job Hunting
Based on an employment experience in which Andrew was laid off, he goes over how to create a routine while job hunting. He goes over his process of what career paths he could invest in and what organizational methods he uses to document information. Most importantly, Andrew goes over how to recover from a lay off and be your best self.
Freelancing 101
This unusual employment presentation focuses on why one would do freelance along with reviewing the positives and negatives of this pathway. Andrew’s own brand will be used as an example of his freelancing and an Indepth look on how he operates it. Learn about the tools you can use and how to create the desired portfolio/website platform for your path.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Employment has been documented as one of the challenges individuals face upon aging out of school. It is also the most stereotyped with some thinking all individuals should do tech jobs. This is why I aim to decrease that stereotype by going over that the world has many work fields and that it is okay to not be tech based. I am part of human services, and my work history reflects that.
Topics Available:
Planning for Employment
Due to the employment situation with autistic individuals, this goes over what to do in order to gain employment and going over the standards for doing interviews and being ready for success. This presentation also goes over self-employment as well and Andrew will go over his experiences running Driving with Autism and the lessons he learned.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Want to Start an Online Business? Introduction to Self-Employment
For those who are interested in self-employment, I go over my experiences in starting the Driving with Autism program for almost a year. I go over what worked and what did not work for me, so people can know what to make sure they include in their business idea.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
Job Interview Basics
Job Interviews can be a challenge for individuals, so this presentation aims to make interviews more doable. Andew goes over what to do prior to the interview, how to present yourself, and the post-interview process.
Lose a Job? Creating Routine during Job Hunting
Based on an employment experience in which Andrew was laid off, he goes over how to create a routine while job hunting. He goes over his process of what career paths he could invest in and what organizational methods he uses to document information. Most importantly, Andrew goes over how to recover from a lay off and be your best self.
Freelancing 101
This unusual employment presentation focuses on why one would do freelance along with reviewing the positives and negatives of this pathway. Andrew’s own brand will be used as an example of his freelancing and an Indepth look on how he operates it. Learn about the tools you can use and how to create the desired portfolio/website platform for your path.
*Available for Professional Development and Keynotes*
