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Parent of adult with autism

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Posted September 20th, 2007 by Jenib487

Just wanted to note that autism does improve with time and things get better but the autism really never goes away. Every child and adult is different. My son Chris is now 26 and living in a group home 2 1/2 miles away. He is doing well but it was a long journey to get where we are today. Our son has limited language and still has angry outburst where his daily routine is changed. It was not so hard to explaine when it was young but now that he is an adult we have had a number of run ins with law inforcement when he has been out of control. Too all you parents of young children please plan for your children with autism as you would plan for your other children who do not have autism. My son to this day says that he had a "very sad day for Chris" at his last day of school. We need programs for our young children but we also need long term programs for our adults.

You're right! Children with

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On September 23rd, 2007 Elissa (not verified) says:

You're right! Children with autism do grow up and we do need to plan for this. Great advice, thanks.