*Gasp!* Where are all the ADULTS with Autism? *Gasp!*

"The real proof of that claim would be to show us the 30, 50, and 70 year olds with autism. I don't mean Asperger's. I mean adults who are like the children of countless friends of mine across the U.S. Adults who don't talk. Adults who bang holes in walls and who wear diapers. Ones who flap their hands all day and spin in circles for hours. Ones who scream and have terrible diarrhea and constipation." ~ Anne Dachel

Yes, please show THEM. That's right - they do NOT exist.

Katie: The REAL PROOF would be to show us the 30, 50, and 70 year olds with Autism. I MEAN Asperger's. SAME thing. I mean adults who make EVERY EFFORT POSSIBLE TO FIT IN WITH NON-AUTISTIC PEOPLE! Adults who attend college. Adults who are employed (with or without assistance) and have friends and a partner. Ones who are married and appear in the media. Ones who run organizations and advocate for services, supports, accommodations, early intervention, better and improved treatments, and similar things.

Where are they? EVERYWHERE!!!

*Drum Roll* ... ... ...

Ari Ne'eman - President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, college student, employee, Autistic advocate and activist

Scott Michael Robertson - Vice President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, scientist, teacher's assistant, college student, Autistic advocate

Dora Raymaker - Board member of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, artist, employee, Autistic advocate

Michelle Dawson - Autism researcher, employee, Autistic self-advocate

Still unsatisfied...

Temple Grandin - college professor, animal scientist, Autistic advocate

Katie Miller - artist, employee, college student, Autistic advocate

Stephen Shore - I.A.C.C. Board member, Autistic advocate, employee

Jacob Pratt - Board director of Autism Spectrum Differences Institute of New England (in M.A.), employee, college student, Autistic advocate

Alexander Plank - creator of wrongplanet.net, college student, Autistic advocate

And you are STILL looking - *shocked beyond belief*

Donna Williams - artist, employee, writer, married, Autistic advocate

Joel Smith - employee, married, Autistic advocate

John Elder-Robison - self-employed, married, author, Autistic advocate, parent

What? You want more? Okay then - *last round*

Elesia Ashkenazy - co-director of PDX ASAN, parent, Autistic advocate, employee

Stephanie Lynn Keil - Autistic self-advocate, college student, artist, musician

Ryan McReynolds - Autistic, Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Actor, Politician, Genealogical Researcher, Engaged