Over the last decade, there’s been a general increase in awareness of the need to provide tailored services, support and education to children with autism and other developmental disabilities. But there’s been less talk about the needs of those children when they reach adulthood. In short, what do families do to help their adult children
Support for Grandparents of Autistic Children is a Click Away
Bonnie Malkin Gillman took Psych 101 in the early ’60s. The autistic children in her textbook wore helmets, were self-injurious and more often than not, were confined to institutions for lifetime care. Fifty years later, when her grandson was diagnosed with autism, Gillman was understandably terrified and brimming with questions. Not wanting to burden her
