Do adults with Autism ever live away from home after finish school?

Question

What is the future for them? My friend is disabled and raising a child with autism.

Answer 1

this one does

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2j...

Answer 2

Of course

Answer 3

I have Asperger's Syndrome.  I have a college degree, and my  own home, but, yeah, it can be rough sometimes.  I just have to believe in myself and push myself.  Having my kitty helps.

Answer 4

Absolutely. As someone pointed out, Autism is a spectrum. Many very "normal" people, who have made major contributions to society, have been diagnosed with (or suspected of having) autistic spectrum disorders. One that comes to mind is Temple Grandin. She has a PhD and is on staff at Colorado State University.

For the record, most people with autism suffer NO degree of "retardation," and it is insulting to insinuate otherwise.

Answer 5

There is an autism scale It goes from mild to severe. A person who has a mild case is not the same as a person who has a severe case. All we see in videos are people with severe cases. My son has a mild case. He is learning to talk and he is expected to overcome all the disabilities of autism when he gets a little bit older and learns all his language and coping skills. He gets a little more upset and emotional than some typical children and he does not like to be startled by loud noises it causes a reaction in his nervous system that is unpleasant . He looks like and acts just like a typical child because he has a normal IQ except for the language and he likes to touch things more than most other kids . He does none of the rocking or spending all day with touching things or any of that kind of thing. He plays with other children. He looks them in the face and he tries to communicate.

Answer 6

it depends on the level of retardation that accompanies autism.  there are many successful autistic people.  others live with family, independently, & in group homes.  it's not a tragic diagnosis if you understand it.

Answer 7

yes, some are able to live independently--

some live in some sort of supportive living environment with varying levels of supervision--from 1x/week meeting with a casework to 24 hour supervision

Answer 8

Yes, many adults do live independently and most live with some degree of support. 20% of those that are autistic spectrum live completely independently, 60% live with some degree of support, and 20% live dependently.  I have a father who is asperger's, married for many years and is a psychologist, also my brother is PDD.NOS and does something with computers and lives completely independent.

There are many degrees of support available.  My oldest is 7, and will either live independently or with some support.  There are group homes where the clients drive, or take the bus to work but have a staff member in the grouphome 24/7 to oversee cooking, cleaning, medications ect.  There are other apartments where the client has a caseworker who checks in on them, helps them keep/make appointments, goes over budget, medications, lifeplan ect.

Most of the brilliant minds of history have been autistic spectrum.  There are many sites where the experts give their opinion after evaluating the bx.  Some on these lists include: Einstein, Bill Gates, Bobby Fischer, Darwin, Newton, Mozart, Beethovan, Yeats, Warhol, Van Gogh (most of these are on the Wikipedia site, some are speculation)

The autistic spectrum is a continuum that ranges from PDD.NOS-aspergers-HFA-LFA.  ONLY those that are LFA (low functioning autism) have some degree of cognitive impairment and most of those are in the mild range.  The other ranges of autistic spectrum all have average to above average and even gifted IQ's.  My father and brother are both gifted with IQ scores of 145 and 158.  Both are in mensa.

A lot of the adult prognosis depends on functional communication, social skills, and the ability to maintain employment.

There is a book by Temple Grandin called "Developing Talents" that gives examples of those on the spectrum and their careers.  One example is Stephen Shore who is asperger's and a college professor, and author of "Beyond the Wall"

Answer 9

Yes they can - the most important factor appears to be their ability to interact sociall with peers - without adult facilitation.  If they can get to that point - odds are good.

Answer 10

Many degrees of autism exist and that is the answer to your question.  Obviously, there are degrees of independence involved.   There are also many therapies which exist today which if followed strictly - overcome many of the handicaps of autism.    The dedication of some parents to following these practices, change the lives of their autistic children.     Autism is not like "Downs Syndrome" - it is more manageable, however, even some "Downs Syndrome" people are independent to some degree.

Answer 11

Autism is a spectrum and can range from mild to severe, low functional to highly functional.

Many autistic adults can live away from home, be independent, have a job and a family etc. Those are mostly the highly functional ones. The ones that are low functional are usually not able to live independently. They either stay at home, live communely with other people with disabilities or they might be able to live away from home with some support.

The future of your friend's child depends on how functional they will be. There are ways to improve the skills they lack or help them compensate for them in other ways, but they will always be different from the majority and struggle with some aspects in life.