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<blockquote data-quote="--Eleanor--" data-source="post: 60143" data-attributes="member: 3620"><p>Although my difficult child on the autism spectrum is only 7, I admit that I sometimes wake up at night worrying about what will become of him when he is an adult, particularly since my husband and I are older parents, we won't be there for him forever.</p><p></p><p>But I am confident of his intelligence, and I am also somewhat reassured, from visiting the online communities of adults with ASDs, that a huge number of people with Asperger's, as well as quite a few with autism (including those who have been labelled "low functioning") can lead productive and independent lives. Consider Amanda Baggs (recently profiled on CNN--website at ballastexistenz) who has pretty much every symptom of autism, and is virtually non-verbal. She is an outstanding writer and disability advocate, who lives on her own, albeit with assistance.</p><p></p><p>And although the great increase in the numbers of kids being diagnosed with ASDs is pretty worrisome, I think it may mean that by the time my difficult child is an adult, there will be greater understanding of him, and more services.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="--Eleanor--, post: 60143, member: 3620"] Although my difficult child on the autism spectrum is only 7, I admit that I sometimes wake up at night worrying about what will become of him when he is an adult, particularly since my husband and I are older parents, we won't be there for him forever. But I am confident of his intelligence, and I am also somewhat reassured, from visiting the online communities of adults with ASDs, that a huge number of people with Asperger's, as well as quite a few with autism (including those who have been labelled "low functioning") can lead productive and independent lives. Consider Amanda Baggs (recently profiled on CNN--website at ballastexistenz) who has pretty much every symptom of autism, and is virtually non-verbal. She is an outstanding writer and disability advocate, who lives on her own, albeit with assistance. And although the great increase in the numbers of kids being diagnosed with ASDs is pretty worrisome, I think it may mean that by the time my difficult child is an adult, there will be greater understanding of him, and more services. [/QUOTE]
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