When Autism Grows Up, How Prepared Are You?
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text] I couple of months ago, I blogged about wanting to learn more about autism... from the perspective of an adult who was living with it; a self advocate. There isn't enough awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome in... adults. What happens to our children once they're all grown up? Who will represent them? Lisa Jo, About.com's Autism Guide, brought up an interesting topic the other day that gave me pause. Although, her post spoke of Autism Speaks (because it is viewed as "the voice" of our community), the gist of her post was this... is the adult autistic community being properly represented within organizations that were founded to "help" the ASD community? Here's an excerpt from that post. Some suggest that it's unreasonable to expect Autism Speaks to include autistic adults in their organization because most of the be...