Hello, I'm new to this group. I’ve read some of the post and comments. I can relate. My son was diagnosed with autism when he was 17. We suspected this but wanted to be sure. We find that it seems to have progressed as he becomes an adult. Everything we’ve worked toward, to make him successful is slowly becoming unattainable. Now that he’s an adult he wants to be independent so we’ve tried to step back and allow him his freedom. However, his choices have had harsh consequences. He was about to lose his job, he chooses not to care for his hygiene, health, nor clean up after himself, and he definitely does not want any advice or help from mom and dad. He now, lives in our camper as we are building a small apartment for him. We’ve tried our best to make this a family project and he chooses not to be involved. He’s on his phone continuously and gets upset if we tell him it would do him well if he’d put his phone down. We are at our wits end and am loosing our patience. We love our son and want so much for him to be successful in life. How do we do this if he fights us the whole way😢

Posted by Marie Mahoney at 2025-06-08 23:51:49 UTC