If Pat is autistic, there are places where he can learn to function quite well, as far as work and getting along socially. But that’s down the road. The first thing is to get him diagnosed. He may be just “wierd!”
Let’s hope the trip England is incentive enough for Anoreth!
I told Anoreth that if she doesn’t exert herself to earn a trip to England, I’ll “incentivize” her myself, so I don’t have to listen to my mother gripe at me for the rest of her (Mom’s) life!
One of Joan’s grandsons has graduated from medical school at 22, and is able to live independently. However, the other, although he’s graduated from college at 19 while living with his brother, cannot learn to drive or to live by himself, so his future is quite uncertain.
Mom thinks that a diagnosis at this point could be the difference between Pat’s being a self-sufficient adult, or not ... and maybe she’s right.