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Towson U. plans adult autism center 		   
Summary Statement:

Therese Erdman worries about the future of her autistic son, Ross. At 16, Ross is growing closer to adulthood and eventually will be too old for many of the school-age programs in place for autistic students, like the one he attends at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.

“I think there is a lot of research going into the younger population and therapies for them when they are young,” said Erdman, a mother of two teenage boys from Ellicott City.

“But once 21 rolls around, you have to look for programs yourself or sign up for government programs, which have long waiting lists.”

To help Ross and other young adults with the transition to higher education or the workplace, Therese and her husband, Douglas Erdman, a Towson alumnus, donated $50,000 to Towson University to start the Center for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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center,  university
Submission Date:

01/06/2008by: shannonj
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