A Fork Amongst the Spoons Autism and Independence

The future can be a scary place for a parent with an autistic child. It looms there on the horizon, storm clouds of questions that never quite seem to break.Will our son finish school?Where do we find teachers who can help?Will he find a job?Can he live on his own?The years pass, and the questions begin to take on focus. They hold the future, not just a future of days and weeks, but one of years, of decades . . . questions that carry a taste of rain.Finally, only one remains. . . .What will happen to our son when we are gone?Picturing a future they will never see, a life they will never be a part of . . . the storm is here.