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Do all the autism "support" interventions for kids actually work?

DaisyGirl

This topic relates to people with high functioning autism/Aspergers with no learning disability.

I am an adult female with Aspergers. I was diagnosed as an adult so I did not have any of the social skills and anxiety reduction interventions that Aspie kids get now. I   devised my own strategies for talking to people etc. by observing and then applying what I learned through observation to everyday situations. 

But, because these are learned behaviours that are not natural they are extremely tiring to maintain for a long time.

What I am wondering is whether all this "stuff" which Aspie kids get now is of any use to them once they are adults. Aspergers can't be cured, and I am seriously wondering if there is any point in giving kids loads of therapies, which might seem as if they are working in the short term but which are no use in the long term (ie when the kids get into the adult world) because the strategies they teach are unnatural to people with Aspergers and cannot be manitained without mental (and physical) exhaustion.

Has anyone out there had all this SUPPORT as a kid and is now able to function in the adult (post University) world without having crippling anxiety/loneliness/depression/OCD/eating disorders etc. ?

Just wondering.

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  • I was just wondering about this because ALL of the resources for autism seem to be directed toward support strategies for children, yet it is far easier to cope with Asperger's when a child and at University than it is after University (in general). (I am not saying it is easy, I had a terrible time as a child, with no support at all, but this experience is so insignificant compared to how absolutely awful it is as an adult after University, and there is absolutely NO HELP.)

    As Asperger's cannot be cured I wondered if the resources would be better spent in helping adults with specialised really focused advice/support etc. rather than on "social skills" etc. support strategies for children.

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  • I was just wondering about this because ALL of the resources for autism seem to be directed toward support strategies for children, yet it is far easier to cope with Asperger's when a child and at University than it is after University (in general). (I am not saying it is easy, I had a terrible time as a child, with no support at all, but this experience is so insignificant compared to how absolutely awful it is as an adult after University, and there is absolutely NO HELP.)

    As Asperger's cannot be cured I wondered if the resources would be better spent in helping adults with specialised really focused advice/support etc. rather than on "social skills" etc. support strategies for children.

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