Life after 18

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When I left home I was sent to a supported living scheme by my mother and social worker, due to a broken down family situation,
and this proved to be a very unpleasent experience for me as they did not have any knowledge understanding of my Asperger syndrome.

Are there any other Asperger adults who could share this unfortunate experience?.

um.. aren't you considered an adult when you turn 18? whats up with being sent to a foster home? ;\

mikh07 - Some people are not ready to be on their own at 18 and as such, need either some assistance or to be in a group home.

With that said, such an above situation never happened to me although I was not forced to leave my mother's home until I was ready (and in fact, she still wishes that I would move back to Buffalo NY and live with her, if to only help her with her bills)

*Grumble*
I sure as heck wasn't ready to be on my own at 18, but I had no choice. I'm still not ready to live on my own.

Oh well, at least I wasn't sent to a foster home. That would suck.

I went to college and lived in the dorms.

Having roommates was literally torture. When an Aspie cannot have privacy, it has the same effect on her as solitary confinement would have on an NT. Not to mention the multitude of sensory problems a girl has when she lives with roommates who use perfume and smelly hair products or, worse, don't do their dishes or take out the trash for days.

Of course, it wasn't all that nice for my roommates either; they found themselves living with a girl who didn't shower nearly often enough, wore mismatched cast-off clothes, and didn't know the first thing about the social rules "everyone" knows.

Assisted-living only works for people with AS when they have their own rooms. There may be exceptions here and there.

And if the people who are doing the assisting do not understand AS, or else understand only "typical" (low-functioning) autism, there will be very little actual assistance given, no matter how many meals are cooked, bills paid, or groceries bought.

Feel sorry for you.

I lived with my mother until I was 25.

PS miserylovescompany, I have a book titled "Misery Loves Company" published by D.U. Did you name yourself after that?

Welcome to WP.

I'm 20, and I still living with my parents. I attend to the local technologic college, and I sutudy electronic enginery.

I never had a social worker. Where do you live now?