Published on 12, July, 2020
To me there still seems to be a gap in the market, with most resources focussing on autistic children and young adults and hardly anything for older people. So it makes a change to see a video on the experience of older autistic people. We could really due with resources that cover the whole lifespan, I think, including end of life care (my unidentified autistic dad died on a busy, noisy ward (radio 2 blaring constantly, as if this would automatically be helpful to patients) which, even though I wasn't aware of our neurodivergence even just a few years ago, I know would have made him much less comfortable).Dad enjoyed peace and quiet, or maybe a little Radio 4 and I remember thinking that it was a pity he wouldn't wear earphones (great difficulty putting up with anything around his head or face, including glasses). We all need and deserve much better as we grow older. www.youtube.com/watch
I am an older woman who has got Autism, and am increasingly getting tired of younger people telling me ,that their experiences of life e similar to mine. NAS ,was not around when I was younger ,and, when it was in Yorkshire and Lancashire, it was unheard of in the far North West of England.
if you have a long piece of string and a short piece of string, and you put them side by side ,are they they the same length, are they the same size? The answer of course, is, no they are not!
Therefore, a little bit of Common Sense , would not go amiss.
I would be grateful if you could help me to discover information on Autism and the Older Person, I would also be interested in information on Older autistic people who do not have children?
Many thanks
NAS88984 said:I would be grateful if you could help me to discover information on Autism and the Older Person, I would also be interested in information on Older autistic people who do not have children?
Hi.
I think you are addressing your request to Jenny B but she isn't a frequent poster here nowadays and this is an old thread.
I can't direct you to any information without doing a Google search, but this forum has members over 60 (including myself) and we comment on the various threads.
I haven't had children although I'm not sure what the relevance is?
Anyway, welcome, and I'd suggest starting a thread or 2 with anything you would like to discuss.
Hi Autonomistic
Many thanks for getting back to me so promptly.
As you are aware, not everyone who has Autism in their old age, can afford the expense of the courses that the NAS has to offer.
I do not wish to start a discussion ,for I feel that I am at a disadvantage because you have prospered in that you have had the NAS to help you, whereas I have had to get on with life on my own.
Many thanks for your invitation for a discussion ,but I wish to decline it.
Welcome to the community.
As Debbie suggested, you're likely to get more responses from likeminded people by starting your own discussion.
Go to https://community.autism.org.uk/f/introduce-yourself and click on the blue 'start a discussion' link.
Many of us on here are in our 50s, 60s and 70s and completely unaware of being autistic until later in life. Hopefully you will be able to identify with some common experiences.
Hi Debbie
The reason why it is relevant to me, is so that I can be with likeminded people, in order to have something in common with.
I fully accept that it is not relevant to you ,and, as a fellow Autistic person, I completely respect your Opinions and Beliefs, but I am also entitled to my opinions and beliefs.
Each to their own.
Many thanks for replying so promptly.