Aging with Autism: What Happens in the 40s, 50s, and Beyond The first generation diagnosed with autism in childhood is now reaching middle age, and almost no one can tell...
Autism and the Criminal Justice System: When Your Adult Child Is a Suspect, Victim, or Witness Autistic adults are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, in every role that...
Autistic burnout in adulthood (not a buzzword) Autistic burnout is not tiredness with a trendier name. It is a specific, documented state of exhaustion, skill loss, and reduced tolerance triggered...
Balancing safety and autonomy: reasonable risk for autistic adults Every skill your family member has ever learned came with some risk attached. Cooking risks burns. Community access risks getting lost....
42 states have supported decision-making laws. Michigan still doesn’t. Twenty-four states and DC have a supported decision-making statute. Eighteen more require courts to consider it before appointing a guardian. Michigan...
