What happens to children living with autism once they become adults? Kamran Nazeer, a British author diagnosed with autism as a child, sought to answer this question by tracking down some of his former schoolmates. He joins Kojo to discuss his findings and why he thinks many theories about autism are flawed.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2006-09-20/autism-adults-rebroadcast
Autism in Adults (Rebroadcast)
Listen Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2006 at 1:06 p.m. in Health, SocietyGuests
Kamran Nazeer
British civil servant; and author of"Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism" (Bloomsbury)
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