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.

Chapters –
[00:00] Introduction.
[05:00] One Day I’ll Flap My Arms in Freedom, and No One Will Care
[09:17] This is My Son
[16:27] Interview with Belinda Hughes.
[20:03] Finding support for adults and their families.
[25:56] A little magic by Cody Clark.

Original air date: Mar. 27, 2021