CNY Autism Consulting
Helping Those on the Autism Spectrum
Live Successful Lives
Paul Meier 315-559-8242
Services
I provide customized services based on the needs of the individual. These can range from autism
education, to advocacy, to helping with emotional control, to teaching about how to connect and
understand the world. Most of all I help people be successful.
Understanding Autism: To many autism is a pervasive mystery that is difficult to understand. I
understand autism and can explain it in ways that make sense to others. Once autism is understood
it is a lot less frustrating, and much easier to work with
successfully.
Behavior Management: Needing to modify behaviors is not
unusual with autism. I help those on the autism spectrum to be
calm, engaged, responsible, and consistently pleasant to be
around. This includes understanding emotions and eliminating
meltdowns.
Crisis Intervention: I provide 24/7 crisis intervention for existing
active clients, as my availability allows. This will be at the same
hourly rate as all other appointments, and is available face to face,
or by phone.
Advocacy: I provide advocacy services for school, employment
situations, and more. I consistently get those I advocate for what
they need to be successful.
Pre-diagnostic Work: Not being a doctor or social worker I
can not officially diagnose someone as being on the autism
spectrum. What I can do is line up issues with the diagnostic
criteria and prepare to hand things off to my partner who is a
doctor, or another professional who can formalize the
diagnosis. I do this pre-diagnostic work with children, teens,
and adults.
Social Skills: With autism, successfully interacting with
others is not instinctive. It needs to be intellectually learned
just like a school subject would be. This can be reading and
projecting body language, facial expressions, or tone of voice.
It can be understanding types of relationships and
relationships with specific individuals. It can be understanding the social rules that govern how we all
interact. There is a lot here, and unfortunately society is unforgiving of mistakes.
Independent Living Skills: While not all people on the autism
spectrum will live independently, most will. Even those who will
never live completely independently can live as independently as
possible. There are ways to do this successfully, and I can help.
Career Skills: Struggling in the workforce is common on the
autism spectrum. I can help develop the skills needed to maintain
successful long-term employment.
Positive Life Modeling: I am someone who is autistic and is living
a successful independent life. I can help motivate others through
the credibility of having been there and done it. I can explain how
others can be successful too, doing so from the insiders
perspective, and using autism strategies that work.
Life Success Planning: Successful people with autism often have patterns of life in common. I can
help with understanding and adopting these patterns as a part of a life strategy, moving toward
greater success.
Public Speaking: Speak to all types of groups, including: agencies,
professional groups, colleges, schools, and more.
Unique Supports: If it can be imagined, I have probably done it. I
have been in MRI machines, operating rooms, and more with kids. I
have provided support at events like funerals, weddings, parties,
vacations, doctors offices. I have been called to emergecy scenes by
first responders. If it needs to be done I do it.
Other: For significant mental health issues I am partnered with a
psychologist. I am the autism person who is pretty good with mental
health. She is the mental health person who is pretty good with
autism. If you have people in place I will work with the professionals
you already have in place, and be part of your existing team.