What will happen to autistic adults?

RISE IN AUTISTIC ADULTS WORRIES CAREGIVERS

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1983338.html

EXCERPT: Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects language and social skills, was relatively rare [25 years ago]. Since then, for reasons that are unclear, diagnoses have skyrocketed and the condition is surfacing in an estimated 1 in 150 children.

As a tidal wave of these youngsters moves toward adulthood with complex behavioral and medical problems, society is largely unprepared.

"We don't have the programs. We don't have the research," said Dr. Robert Hendren, director of the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. "We have this very large adult population of autistics coming along, and we don't know how to deal with them. We just haven't come to terms with it."