The Facing Project

Autism in Adulthood (Rebroadcast)


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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.

This episode originally broadcast on March 27, 2021.

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.
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