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21 Nov 2009, 1:11 pm

I am a 21 year old man and i've been living with autism for all my life, and as the older i get i feel that there is lack of support for older people who have autism. anybody else feel like this??



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21 Nov 2009, 1:15 pm

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I am a 21 year old man and i've been living with autism for all my life, and as the older i get i feel that there is lack of support for older people who have autism. anybody else feel like this??


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21 Nov 2009, 3:46 pm

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I am a 21 year old man and i've been living with autism for all my life, and as the older i get i feel that there is lack of support for older people who have autism. anybody else feel like this??


Welcome, rac27! :cheers:

There is not a 'lack of support' for adults with Autism. There is no support whatsoever, because as the whole world "knows" - kids with Autism are magically cured when they turn 18 and no longer need any support. Once you can no longer be classified as a minor child, you can be fired, bullied, discriminated against or even stoned to death by a howling mob and no one will lift a finger to help, because Autism only affects poor cute little children. :evil:

I wish there were a happier way to phrase that, but...there isn't. :shrug:

WP here is the only support you can expect. I'm thrilled to have that. :D



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21 Nov 2009, 9:57 pm

Willard wrote:
rac27 wrote:
I am a 21 year old man and i've been living with autism for all my life, and as the older i get i feel that there is lack of support for older people who have autism. anybody else feel like this??


Welcome, rac27! :cheers:

There is not a 'lack of support' for adults with Autism. There is no support whatsoever, because as the whole world "knows" - kids with Autism are magically cured when they turn 18 and no longer need any support. Once you can no longer be classified as a minor child, you can be fired, bullied, discriminated against or even stoned to death by a howling mob and no one will lift a finger to help, because Autism only affects poor cute little children. :evil:

I wish there were a happier way to phrase that, but...there isn't. :shrug:

WP here is the only support you can expect. I'm thrilled to have that. :D[/quote
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22 Nov 2009, 5:10 am

Hiya rac27. Welcome to WP :D.



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22 Nov 2009, 9:32 am

Hello rac27,

welcome to WrongPlanet!


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22 Nov 2009, 10:26 am

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22 Nov 2009, 11:41 am

Greetings, fellow-traveler rac27, and welcome to the Wrong Planet community.


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23 Nov 2009, 5:41 pm

rac27 wrote:
I am a 21 year old man and i've been living with autism for all my life, and as the older i get i feel that there is lack of support for older people who have autism. anybody else feel like this??


Hi rac27, I also feel like this too and im only 18... I've been living like this for a very long time since I was born...
I was a NT at the first two weeks of my birth apparently but then I was dropped as a baby, since then, I developed myself having High Functioning Autism or just autism, one of them.
I don't really need support as such.

And also Welcome to Wrongplanet :D
You can make yourself feel welcome here and feel free to express your feelings and share experiences with other AS/HFA and even vistors can see :)


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