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[quote=Anonymous]I know two people dx'd with HFA as adults.  They're out there in the community. Both were dx'd in the last 10 years.

R. was 56 when he was dx'd. He lived next door to his mother for all of his adult life. She owned the house and left it to him when he died. He went in the army when he was drafted during Vietnam and did a tour as a medic stationed in Korea. He did not get along with the people in his unit, who found him strange. He worked as a union painter out of the hall when he came back and then got a job as a painter on a manufacturing line. When he was in his early 30's, a woman in the neighborhood decided he was husband material and moved in with him. They eventually got married. He continues to work on the line. His social life is pretty much non-existent. He goes to work and stays home. He doesn't see anyone in the family unless they initiate contact with him. Still, he has a daughter and two grand-daughters and a very good manufacturing job. He couldn't do that without extensive support from his mother and then his wife/girlfriend.

B. was 48 when he was dx'd. He was odd as a child. He did very well academically, but was horribly bullied. He went to a Christian college and graduated with a degree in IT. He was a good programmer, but was fired from multiple jobs because his behavior and personality were just too odd. When his parents died, he fell apart. His mother was doing a lot to manage his life and when she wasn't there anymore, he couldn't do it on his own. He can't manage his own bills or money. He is very socially odd.  When he was about to become homeless, friends intervened and got him on SSDI.  A friend of a friend of a friend had met B. a couple of years before and said "That guy has an ASD." She was in medical school at the time. Otherwise, no one would have known what to do.  He has a friend who manages his money and bills for him now. He lives in an apartment and doesn't work. [/quote]

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