Hi & welcome, Perry!  Recently you wrote in a message to Dallas Hinton:

PS>  survivin' with an adult autistic son who is struggling
PS>  for his independence. Need someone to hear me ventilate
PS>  at times :) ---


         Ah... our daughter Nora, who is now in her late teens, has a
couple of autistic classmates & we also have a friend who works with
autistic students at the high school level.  So while I don't claim to be
an expert, I had a feeling of being on familiar territory as soon as I saw
this message.

         Nora is struggling toward independence too.  It's normal for folks
her age to do that.  In one way I'm glad she's so normal in spite of her
handicaps, in another I'm worried about the future.  Sometimes Nora wants
to rush in where angels fear to tread... but I was much the same as a young
adult!  If I'd known then what I know now I might never have had the
courage to leave home.  I guess it's part of nature's design that the urge
for independence precedes maturation of some parts of the brain.  I doubt
we can fix anything & I imagine you know a lot more about autism than
anybody else here, but we can certainly listen.  :-)




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