Supporting Families and People with Autism through the Autism Trust

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All too often I hear the ominous expression “Window of Opportunity” with the word autism and it disturbs me greatly.

Ideally, the younger a child, the earlier he/she receives massive biomedical interventions and therapies the better prognosis for his/her future will be.

Unfortunately, the reality is quite different. Not everybody will receive massive biomedical interventions and therapies at an early age because most of us cannot afford them and because most of them are not reimbursed by insurance companies. Not everybody will improve significantly let alone recover from autism.

So what do we do with all of those people who missed their “Window of Opportunity”?

Do we throw in the towel and call it quits? Do we stop treating them biomedically, do we stop giving them therapies because they are now too old? Do we lock them up in institutions or day hospitals because they cannot function properly in our society?

There is not a single family affected by autism that is not haunted with the fear of what is going to happen to their loved ones with autism when they are no longer around to care for them and protect them.

Polly Tommey,  the Founder of The Autism Trust could not have described in better words how we all feel:

“My son, Billy was diagnosed with having severe autism at age two and a half; we have come a long way since then. Eleven years on and he is a happy boy who still has autism, but now he is described as ‘high functioning‘ and his improvement is ongoing.

Through preliminary research into what lay ahead for my son, I was devastated to find that his future, like a great many other children with autism was ‘bleak’. There simply isn’t enough provision and support for these children as they approach adulthood.

Please help me and the Autism Trust in any way that you can: help us build a real future for the great many children that have autism today.”

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