@“Cardinal Fang” Absolutely agree.
If a parent of younger child has never been to a support group for parents of adult autistics, I recommend trying to find one to attend. It might be overwhelming, but those parents are going to be a source of great information for you. I will never forget my first encounter with those parents. They talked about their adults with multiple degrees living in their basements playing video games all day or flunking out of college and living at home without direction. It was incredibly overwhelming. I was one of those parents who didn’t want to believe it would happen to my ds.
And now…I am thankful he has full-time employment at Goodwill.