Support and Resources for Later Life with Autism Spectrum Disorder




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Autism effects people their entire lives. Yet most research about the autism spectrum focuses on childhood and adolescence then goes straight to geriatrics. But what about autism in adulthood? What resources are available to aging parents of people with autism and the adults with autism? <a href="https://faculty.utah.edu/u0030087-Scott_Wright_PhD/research/index.hml">Scott Wright</a>, researcher at University of Utah and editor of the book "Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mid and Later Life," looks into the research and what can be done to ensure the aging autism population can lead happy fulfilling lives.