Risks of giving autistic adults financial freedom

Here’s an article worth reading… the comments give additional insight into the challenges that children with special needs face as adults.

Sean Beaudoin, 25, has an autism spectrum disorder, but with help he has become fairly independent.

He has his own car. He works 20 hours a week as a kennel assistant. He has a credit card in his name, though his mother keeps it. And he has a good credit rating.

But his parents, Curtis and Paula Beaudoin, recently experienced the downside of such autonomy for their son, who lives with them in Nesconset.

Hat tip to Sharon Hayes