Living Independently with a Disability: Ben's Journey 

Everyone needs to have a chance to be able to live independently.

We are born Autistic and remain Autistic at every phase of our lives. Regardless of whether we need constant support of next to no support, we still need support. There is ageism in Autism supports. Once you have a job, you''re on your own. At least that['s what I interpret as the goal. Yet, our rates of suicide and thoughts of suicide are highest from 30-39 years old. And what about those who reach 65? Supports end. Whether you had disability support or not, you could find yourself alone and live a life of neglect and homelessness. We must consider Autism supports as life long.

What was this new technique? I am really interested because my brother is in a similar position

The other day, a classmate of mine was claiming that they have some sort of disability ( "connective tissue disorder" they said) and went on to give their opinion on aborting "disabled" fetuses based on prenatal testing. They said numerous negative things, but after I, someone who gets supported living services for a disability (I have not shared this with the class and do not feel the need), said that justifying allowing such abortions because they "won't have a life" after the parents die is just a myth; yes, there is a shortage and underfunding of services for sure - and it needs to be addressed. But to falsely claim there are not support services for disabled adults and to THEN use that as justification for eugenics is bizarre. This same classmate knows nothing about scientific studies, genetics, or epigenetics; this same classmate said minutes before that autism speaks is bad because of their history of funding studies aimed at "eradicating autism". Sadly, so much was going on, I did not manage to get around to pointing out this lapse in logic related to autism speaks (note, i do NOT support autism speaks, but I also do not support making overarching claims trying to make a medical concern (i.e. abortion) so political). Thank you for posting videos like this and showing the world that disabled adults who need and receive supports exists. Representation is wonderful, but I think people have drowned out voices while claimed theirs have been silenced nowadays.