Friday, May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012
As I continued look up different websites about adults with autism, I found another article that caught my eye and was very interesting to read. Although I do not have children, I know that parents at one point in their lives wonder, what is going to happen to their child if something happen to them? While reading this article, a mom express those feelings about her 16 year old son who has severe autism and has always needed someone to help him navigate through the adult world. I began to wonder, what does happen to the young adults, or even older adults, who have been diagnosed with Autism and require assistance to live their daily lives? Does the state find a living relative willing to help them or does the state find a group home that would be suitable for the young adult? The article discusses how 1 in 110 people have autism and how we need funding and more research to find out these answers before it's too late. The article references a book that families could look into for further assistance to read about what other families may have done in the past. It's important that we start looking for answers and finding the funding so that when these teenagers do enter the adult world, they are ready to be a key member of society.
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My grandmother had this concern as well.
ReplyDeleteMy dad is one of six. Two of his brothers have severe autism. They lived with my grandmother, until she died about ten years ago. Before she died, she had arranged for them to live in an assisted living facility, where there was someone always in the building with them, but they are on their own. In these group homes, they are able to be somewhat independent, but are also closely supervised. I can't imagine having to be constantly supervised as an adult.
They are now in their late 50's, and still doing fairly well. Unfortunately, their group home is on the other side of town so we don't see them as much as we probably should. But it might be fore the better- one of my uncles always gets very unsure of himself when he has to be away from his house. He still talks about how he wants to move back to his OLD group home- even though it's been demolished. Change is hard, especially with people on the ASD.