This from america, I doubt it myself, autism ss I understand is life long and who the person is, msny adults are now discovering the difficulties they had as children are still difficult, I think coping strategy s have been learnt. Mine is 13 his progress has been slow and steady, but still a long way to go.His soical age is about 10/ 11 years.He is more settled,than he was at 2 /3years sgo, but his challenges of food, routines and temper contrl are still there.m.bbc.co.uk/.../health-21029593
