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[quote=Anonymous]Very inappropriate for OP and some commenters to buy into the concept that older people don't "get" autism. I retired from a job working with kids with autism and behavior issues and many other IEP labels a few years ago and some of the best of my staff peers were the older people. I now live in an over 55 community where all the residents are very empathetic, helpful and friendly to the few autistic older adults who live here. In the 1950s my brother was diagnosed hyperactive. My mother was very knowledgeable and sympathetic to kids with similar issues and if she were still alive she'd be over 100 yrs old, so definitely elderly. With some exceptions it seems that people on DCUM sure do make a lot of assumptions about things they don't know much about. Stereotyping is rampant, especially ageism.[/quote]
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