What Happens When They Grow Up

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What Happens When They Grow Up

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By Barbara Kantrowitz and Scelfo

Teenagers and young adults are the emerging face of autism as the disorder

continues to challenge science and unite determined families. Autism strikes

in childhood, but as thousands of families like the Boronats have

learned-and thousands more are destined to learn-autism is not simply a

childhood disorder. Two decades into the surge of diagnoses that has made

autism a major public health issue, a generation of teenagers and young

adults is facing a new crisis: what happens next?

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