Life Through an Autistic Lens: My Fear of Growing Old Without Financial Stability

• By: Rhonda Cheryl Solomon, MSc, PhD (cand.) University of Toronto
• September 25th, 2026
• autism and poverty, autistic adults aging, care homes, disability pension, financial stability, independent living, mental health, neurodiversity
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I deeply feel time speeding by. The years speeding by. And it viscerally terrifies me. Because with each passing day, my fear over my future grows. It gets increasingly real. At the heart of my fear is this one question: Will I have enough money to be able to live independently for as...