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I am too busy caring for my daughter with autism who will be 18 very soon to call in to the show. But I want to say two things:
First, our kids grow up. I wish more educators and families would think about that sooner. The Arc of Oregon has a great program to help parents prepare for their kids with disabilities after they (the parents are gone.)
Second, not to plug my own work, but I have helped put together a booklet all about the services available to people with autism in Oregon. Not education services, but Human Services. You can access it on the web, but it's not easy. Go to oregon.gov/DHS/dd/ Under "provider tools" click on "manuals" scroll down to the bottom of the page to "reports and other documents" Then click on AUTISM; AN INTRODUCTION FOR PARENTS AND A GUIDE TO OREGON'S HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM. It's a pdf document that you can download for free. It will get you started on how to find help.

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