What About Older Kids With Autism
In my office, we have several children that are in or approaching adolescence as well as some older adult children. Presently, our oldest adult child is thirty four. Once again I state that this subject of autism spectrum disorders is so broad and immense and touches us in so many different ways. It always seems the younger children get the attention and always seem to be the poster children. Often the adults tend to be forgotten. As one parent once told me ” Its hard to get treatment for adults. Many places won’t even accept them as patients. I think this is because they are harder to manage and are not cute.” We do accept adults with autism spectrum disorders. For this reason I found some basic information on a few web sites for those of you in this situation or approaching this situation to begin getting some help. I will write more on this subject at a later date.
http://www.child-autism-parent-cafe.com/autism-and-adolescence.html
http://autism.about.com/od/transitioncollegejobs/a/steward.htm
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