In the next decade, 500,000 teens with autism will enter adulthood and age out of school-based services. Adults with autism are less likely to access healthcare, have a job, or pursue a degree beyond high school.

Join J.R. Jamison and Kelsey Timmerman as they discuss Autism in Adulthood.

Photo – By Jesper Sehested Pluslexia via Flickr Creative Commons: https://flic.kr/p/EHKB5v.

Stories –  

• One Day I’ll Flap My Arms in Freedom, and No One Will Care
  Kyle Reninger’s story as told to Jason Newman from Facing Autism in Adulthood
• This is My Son
  Belinda Hughes’s story as told to Ivy Farguheson from Facing Autism in Muncie, Indiana 

Music –  

• “Warm” by Cambo
  Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
  From the Free Music Archive.

Original air date: Mar. 27, 2021