Fw: Re: [Autism] Fears for the future validated by a national study

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What do you make of this????

Subject: Re: [Autism] Fears for the future validated by a national studyTo: "International general autism support and information." Received: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:57 PMI don't even want--or need--to read the whole article. My tremendously

high-functioning Josh will never get within even shouting distance of mainstream

adulthood.

Jess

[Autism] Fears for the future validated by a national study

To: "International general autism support and information." > Editors Note: Obtained from The Chicago Tribune<BR>> > Autism study: Fears for the future

> By Rex W. Huppke

> Tribune reporter

> > 10:14 AM CST, December 16, 2008

> > ...

> > 's fears about what the future holds --for both Noah and his > 6-

> year-old sister, Hannah, who's also has autism-- are validated in a

> new national study showing that kids with autism are struggling

> mightily to enter mainstream adulthood.

> > The study by Easter Seals found that more than 80 percent of adults

> with autism between the ages of 19 and 30 are still living at home.

> Only one-fifth of children 16 and over with autism are employed,

> compared to 75 percent of people that age without developmental

> disabilities.

> > For the rest of the article, click here: > Copyright ) 2008, Chicago Tribune