A 2-year project ran from May 2005 to May 2007, which reviewed services for adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the Highland Council/NHS Highland area and made recommendations to Chief Officers in Community Care on how services should be developed. This project included a focus on the transition from childhood to adulthood, and was funded by the Scottish Executive.
Ageing with Autism and Mental Retardation: Challenges and Rewards of Caregiving byOlder Parents and Adult Siblings
Organisation
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC): University of Illinois at Chicago
Author
Mailick Seltzer, M and Wyngaarden Krauss, M
Detailed Description
This study provides scientifically credible information about a vastly under researched topic of immense importance to persons with autism, their families, and the public/private resources that sustain them. This study is timely in light of the fact that the population of adults with autism is now increasing in size, as the first cohorts diagnosed in 1943 (the year when autism was first described in the literature) have reached middle age and their parents approach or are in old age. Given the lack of research addressing these questions more research is needed to inform public policy and social services for adults with autism and their families.
A 2-year project ran from May 2005 to May 2007, which reviewed services for adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the Highland Council/NHS Highland area and made recommendations to Chief Officers in Community Care on how services should be developed. This project included a focus on the transition from childhood to adulthood, and was funded by the Scottish Executive.
Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol exposes the unexplored problem of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. Alcohol can relieve the anxiety of social situations and make those with ASDs feel as though they can fit in. Ultimately, however, reliance on alcohol can lead the user down a path of self-destruction and exacerbate existing problems.
People with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are not precluded from driving solely because of their diagnosis. Driving is a skill: it may take as few as six lessons to learn how to do it safely in real-life situations; or it may take as many as 100 lessons!
It may take someone with AS a lot longer to learn all the implications of driving, but it should not affect how long it takes to learn the rules and facts in The Highway Code, nor the correct physical handling of the controls of a vehicle.
