Help for 26yr old with ASD

Hi, my daughter comes across as being quiet, but able to cope. However, at home, I still have to call her into the bathroom and supervise washing and cleaning teeth ; we still get dirty undies left on the bedroom floor and she will try to survive on inadequate food - poppadoms for breakfast for example, unless we are on her case the whole time.  At present, she lives at home and has PIP but we're obviously thinking of the future. She wouldn't be happy in many supported settings but I feel she won't cope unless we can radically improve her life skills.

Does anyone have any ideas on how we can work on this? I have tried tick lists and incentives - but at 26, she doesn't seem to respond to these.

We have other issues : choosing appropriate clothing ; panicking if we point out the timetable of jobs as she won't have time to continue reading on her laptop...etc, but would love to hear any views on the first one first!

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Perhaps you could tell us more about your daughter? I could read your post as either describing a severely disabled person or, alternatively, parents who can't cope with an untidy child who would benefit from being made to cope on their own in order to gain some independence.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Perhaps you could tell us more about your daughter? I could read your post as either describing a severely disabled person or, alternatively, parents who can't cope with an untidy child who would benefit from being made to cope on their own in order to gain some independence.

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