Post by Jeanne Sager
There's been a lot of buzz these past few weeks about what happens when kids with autism grow up. With diagnoses at what some call "epidemic" levels, it's about time we start talking about the reality that autism is not just a kid thing. In fact, it can be a parent thing ... because every day in America, grownups with autism are having kids. So what's it like to be a parent with autism? Who better to ask than John Elder Robison? The Massachusetts dad and member of the Autism Speaks Scientific Advisory and Scientific Treatment Board has just published Raising Cubby, his hilarious memoir of having Asperger's and raising a (now nearly grownup) son on the spectrum.![]()
There's been a lot of buzz these past few weeks about what happens when kids with autism grow up. With diagnoses at what some call "epidemic" levels, it's about time we start talking about the reality that autism is not just a kid thing. In fact, it can be a parent thing ... because every day in America, grownups with autism are having kids. So what's it like to be a parent with autism? Who better to ask than John Elder Robison? The Massachusetts dad and member of the Autism Speaks Scientific Advisory and Scientific Treatment Board has just published Raising Cubby, his hilarious memoir of having Asperger's and raising a (now nearly grownup) son on the spectrum.