Maturity

During maturity, differences between people with and people without autism are very easily found. Of course this also depends on the severity of autism. It also depends on whether autism has been diagnosed or not. When autism isn’t very predominant, life’s duties can be more or less met. However, it takes a lot more energy from the people helping the autistics and the autistics dealing with it.

Maturity is the phase in one’s life when families are formed and children are born. So this is also the phase where problems with children having autism become visible and might be a reason to look for autism with the parents. This might be perceived as shocking as well as comforting. The perspective the future holds becomes different, as well as the past. This calls for adjustment.

Children with autism are usually not occupied with founding families but with coping to live by themselves. Letting go of your parents is a complicated process which means that parents as well as their children have to explore the new boundaries that come with leaving the nest. Both have the same worries. They worry that this process might go too fast to keep up, or too slow, and they hope that the child might eventually be able to cope on his or her own.

Maturity
Autism and course of life
Autism Books
Autism Checklist
Living With Aspergers Syndrome