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Does autism ever go away?

Asked by GracieReeves (4points) May 4th, 2018

Does autism ever go away? As you get older and enter adulthood does it just vanish? Ive heard some people who have had autism say that their autism just “went away” they were normal again and they didn’t have any behavioural traits of the disorder anymore and could do things like shopping and talking to others very easily without prompting or help. Some even got their licenses and some even got jobs in big businesses and some even traveled without their parents. So is it possible?

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My guess? No.
If a person claims that it “went away,” they probably learned to live with it.
I have a learning disability. Always have, but it wasn’t really apparent until recently. And I still suffer from it.

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zenvelo's avatar

It is called the “spectrum” because there is a wide range of behaviors by those diagnosed.

I know one young man who wii have to live in a very supported community all his life. I know another that earned his Boy Scout Eagle bagpdge, and is getting a degree in biology, and has his driver’s license.

I don’t think it goes away, but some people are able to learn how to overcome aspects of it.

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