Writer Ann Bauer’s adult son is autistic and, in an article in today’s Washington Post, she writes about the question that are always just under the surface of my conscious thoughts:
What happens to Charlie after Jim and I are not here?
Bauer, the author of the novel A World Ride Up the Cupboards, has described a terrifying episode in her family’s life, when her son (at 17) was misdiagnosed as psychotic and had autistic catatonia. She’s also written about the struggle to find and help him keep a job, and how, too often, she’s gotten the message that Autistics Need Not …read more