Episode 3: Unveiling the Future: Challenges and Hopes for Adult Autistic Individuals - with mum Tess
Welcome to our new podcast series! This episode I chat with Tess; mum of an adult Autistic child who also faced major health challenges while growing up.
Tess shares her experience and insights including what she would say to herself if she could go back 5 years, and what it's like bringing up an adult neurodivergent son as she ages and needs to think about her future and how it effects his future.
What families go through with school-aged ASD children compared to adults is very different, and it's nice to hear Tess talk about that.
Helpful for parents with ASD kids edging closer to end of their schooling years, to start thinking about the future; the workforce, living arrangements etc
Advice Tess shares for other parents is to look at the neurodevelopmental milestones not the neurotypical ones in life that most other families use. She realised this was something she needed to do with her kids.
Being a parent of a neurodiverse child is “a window into a completely different world”
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Clint
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