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Adults with autism are left to navigate a jarring world

Researchers turn attention to a growing population of adults with autism spectrum disorders

painting of person alone

DISCONNECTED  Australian artist Donna Williams chronicles her life with autism in paintings like “To Dare.” Researchers are beginning to study ways to help adults with autism navigate independently, get jobs and find friendship. 

D. Williams

By Siri Carpenter

- More than 2 years ago

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“I don’t look like I have a disability, do I?” Jonas Moore asks me.