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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.

Parents

  • If only it was as simple as just "those of us receiving adult diagnosies since we're often considered as not being on the scale at all, or even if we are, the fact that we've managed so far in life means we should go on as we are and not divert services from young people"

    Consider all those who go on to depression, or psychiatric complications, or suicide.

    Alcoholics - a great many alcoholics on analysis have proved to have Aspergers.

    In trouble with the law.

    Down and out, homeless, in hostels

    What's the point in spending all resources on children if you then disregard the welfare of so many adults (including those diagnosed as children now adults)?

    It is not something you grow out of. The ability to manage may improve with age for some .....many others pay a high cost.

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  • If only it was as simple as just "those of us receiving adult diagnosies since we're often considered as not being on the scale at all, or even if we are, the fact that we've managed so far in life means we should go on as we are and not divert services from young people"

    Consider all those who go on to depression, or psychiatric complications, or suicide.

    Alcoholics - a great many alcoholics on analysis have proved to have Aspergers.

    In trouble with the law.

    Down and out, homeless, in hostels

    What's the point in spending all resources on children if you then disregard the welfare of so many adults (including those diagnosed as children now adults)?

    It is not something you grow out of. The ability to manage may improve with age for some .....many others pay a high cost.

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