Welcome to my little bit of R J Scott’s Autism Awareness blog hop. Clicking that link will take you to her master post with a full list of all particpants, of which there are loads, all offering prizes.
I’m offering a prize too – a $10 Amazon gift certificate – to a commenter to this post so please don’t forget to leave a means by which I can get in touch.
Now – down to business, this is my autism fact: Autism doesn’t just affect children. Children with autism grow up to be adults with autism.
As understanding grows and health services put more resources in place, opportunities will be better, but at the moment resources are concentrated on the children. My son has recently transferred to day care unit for adults from a unit that cared for children. While working with the kids he helped to set up a system that provided IT resources for those of the kids who were happier interacting via email and IM. Each child who wished to use one was provided with a small tablet and some of them loved them. When my son moved to the adult unit he was shocked to find a previous patient, now 18, very subdued and withdrawn. When the boy had moved to the adult unit he was no longer entitled to use the tablet and had been deprived of it. Obviously this is not acceptable. With some prompting the local authority has agreed to invest in expanding the IT programme to help adults as well but this is by no means a country wide effort.
Click on the logo to go to the National Autistic Society webpage to learn more about the charity and how you might get involved.
Comment to this post and I’ll make a donation to the charity on your behalf. If that isn’t incentive enough I’ll pick a commenter name out of the hat and set them an Amazon gift card. Don’t forget to visit RJ Scott’s blog to visit the rest of the participants.
Elin Gregory 
It’s very generous of you to support such a worthy cause.
Great post. It’s true that many people forget that children do eventually become adults, and the issue doesn’t magically go away.
Great post and I can’t agree more. It’s like once you reach a certain age, you’re suppose to grow out of your condition and act a certain way. Not true for everything as we all know.
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That’s true–the media doesn’t seem to follow up on autistic children after they grow up (except maybe a few self-proclaimed people on the Asperger’s spectrum)…
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that’s really sad, kinda like when teens are disabled and end up in old folk’s home because there isn’t anywhere else for them to go, things need to change
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That’s very nice of you. There are a lot of false information about autism, it’s not surprise why people can be confused about some facts.
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Great post and I completely agree. Thanks for sharing and being so generous. amaquilante(at)gmail(dot)com
A valid point and one so easily forgotten.
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Sorry, I forgot to add my address. blea125@yahoo.com. Thank youm
Most people do not know about autism and other mental disabilities, that’s why there is a lot of prejudice going on. Projects like this are important to shed light on this topic. Thank you for supporting it.
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I’m so glad that the program was expanded for the adults and how they do get forgotten.
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Thank goodness they have decided to expand the IT programme adults need help to especially if they have used a tablet before.
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I have a daughter with Autism who is graduating from high school at the end of May. Thankfully, we have found a program that will support her with not only academic help, but life skills training as well. They will support her and allow her to live away from home while she works to find something that will help her be more independent. We’re terrified and excited, but we feel like this will be a great opportunity for her, and a learning experience for us. It’s always difficult as a parent to let your kids go to grow, but for parents of kids with Autism, it’s just that much harder.
Thank you for this post. I am so glad that your son helped this boy out. Just reading about that situation had me heartbroken. I think we tend to forget that the problems there as a child are there as an adult. More needs to be done to ensure that adults get the help they need too.
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I am enjoying the blog hop. There is so much great info being shared. Thanks for helping get the word out.
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Thank you for all the information on autism! My daughter has a CPS child that has been diagnosed with a mild case, so trying to read all that I can to understand what they are going through.
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Thank you for the post. I think ignorance leads to intolerance, that’s why spreading knowledge so important.
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