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Life Expectancy

Stevo

I recently read on the internet a survey in Sweden about life expectancy of children with autism, and was quite shocked.

Does anybody know if life expectancy is lower with a child with autism, my son aged 7 was diagonised last year,he is great kid and has lots of friends unlike some on the spectrum so i am lead to believe.

My major worry is school,as he is bit behind other classmates, and then off course getting a job.

Anyway if anyone has any figures re life expectancy question would put my mind at rest.

Many Thanks

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    I think I'm a case in point of someone with ASD (the exact variety of which is waiting to be determined) whose physical health took a turn for the worse.  I've often been socially isolated (or at least "distant") and really struggled very seriously in social situations such as work, but I'm the bloody-minded type who just forced themselves to cope with it and dealt with the stress by means of a less than healthy lifestyle.  Yay, diabetes, heart disease and so on.  And then I find it difficult to talk to health professionals because I often find it hard to communicate, won't be taken seriously, will have meltdowns (such as right before my heart op because "argh other people", as you tend to find in hospital environments) and so on.

    So while it's reasonable to say that ASD didn't directly cause my physical health problems, it has had a rather malign influence on my overall lifestyle.  Well, perhaps that's not entirely fair, I think it's just that modern society doesn't really cater for ASD people: for the most part, you either cope or you're cast adrift, so we cope as best we can, at least until we don't.  Obviously that needs to change, but I'm not optimistic as all the change I've seen in my lifetime has been in the wrong direction.

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    I think I'm a case in point of someone with ASD (the exact variety of which is waiting to be determined) whose physical health took a turn for the worse.  I've often been socially isolated (or at least "distant") and really struggled very seriously in social situations such as work, but I'm the bloody-minded type who just forced themselves to cope with it and dealt with the stress by means of a less than healthy lifestyle.  Yay, diabetes, heart disease and so on.  And then I find it difficult to talk to health professionals because I often find it hard to communicate, won't be taken seriously, will have meltdowns (such as right before my heart op because "argh other people", as you tend to find in hospital environments) and so on.

    So while it's reasonable to say that ASD didn't directly cause my physical health problems, it has had a rather malign influence on my overall lifestyle.  Well, perhaps that's not entirely fair, I think it's just that modern society doesn't really cater for ASD people: for the most part, you either cope or you're cast adrift, so we cope as best we can, at least until we don't.  Obviously that needs to change, but I'm not optimistic as all the change I've seen in my lifetime has been in the wrong direction.

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