Autism Across the Lifespan: Elderhood Online
Attaining elder status involves both achievement and loss. Autistic adults have often traversed more rugged emotional terrain than non-Autistics (Griffiths, 2019). Life passages such as widowhood cause identity transformation (Zheng, 2024), and this leads to significantly decreased support for those who are already unsteady in their connections. Autistic elders often experience a resurgence of suicidal preoccupation in old age (Stewart, 2022). Researchers acknowledge the need to invite participation by elders while accounting for the heterogeneous nature of the diagnosis and the numerous co-occurring conditions and other issues such as gender variance and diversity in sexual orientation (Edelson, 2020). In this session, participants will learn to recognize and plan for symptoms of suicidality in Autistic elders, apply principles of supporting widowhood to their work with Autistic clients, and understand how existential therapy techniques could improve depressive symptoms in Autistic elders.
Presented by Kate McNulty, LCSW and Matt Lowry, LPP
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This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 2.0 CEs for Psychologists, 2.0 IL CEUs for Counselors and Social Workers, 2.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSWs, and LMFTs, or 2.0 NBCC Clock Hours.
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PROGRAM PRICING:
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General Admission: $50
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The Chicago School Faculty/Staff/Alumni: $40*
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Students: $25*
(*Please email officeofce@thechicagoschool.edu for coupon code. Code must be entered at time of checkout to receive discount.)
Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, and at any point in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
- Date:
- Friday, June 12, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://tcsppofficeofce.com/june_12_2026-2/
- Audience:
- All Graduate Students All Students Alumni Doctoral Students Faculty Masters Students Public The Chicago School Community Undergraduate Students