Petitioning The President of the United States
Petition by
St. Louis, MO
As a mother of a high-functioning daughter, diagnosed with an autism
spectrum disorder and as a person, myself, with what I am convinced is
an undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder who is still in search of
answers for my life, I am passionate to see funds be released to provide
more services of different kinds for adults with autism. When many of
us think of autism, the first picture that comes to mind tends to be of a
child. There are many, growing funds for a wide variety of autism
services for children and teenagers. Enthusiasm is high for early
childhood intervention. During the school years, children and teenagers
are entitled to a wide variety of special education services. This
entitlement ends when they reach the age of majority. After the age of
18, adults with autism and the families who care for them, are pretty
much on their own with limited direction, support or resources. Autism,
whether we speak of classic, more severe autism or the
higher-functioning forms of autism, is a lifelong developmental
disability. Even when children are fortunate enough to get early
childhood intervention and make strong progress because of it, they do
not "outgrow" autism and likely continue to need support services.
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