@gingerw thank you for the information. I will contact the organizations for further help. You are right it takes gentle guidance. I notice my son easily gets mad as does the older lady. I am sure it is because they get frustrated. He lives in an apartment on his own. It is difficult for anyone to know he is autistic at first. He signs contracts and often gets himself into trouble as a result. He makes the same mistakes over and over regardless of advice he gets. A few years ago his younger sisters supported the organizations in Tampa where he lives. His sisters helped organizations with events for autistic young adults. They tried many times to invite him to a group that played board games in hopes he could meet other people like him. My son refused. Disclaimed he had any mental issues. His sisters tried to encourage him to attend to play the games. Instead of giving them credit for their good work he would say negative remarks against his sisters. They eventually stopped trying. Well, last year was a difficult year for him to get out of another mess but I am afraid he still has not learned although he says he has. He still carries on the same. Last year, as a result of doing silly things, he got arrested twice. He ended up doing jail time until we(my husband and I) put up bond for him. He was later put on “house arrest” for a few weeks. It scared him at first. We told the officials he had autism although there was no medical proof. So the court officials assigned him to a medical professional who separately interviewed us(his family). It took several months to determine our son was indeed autistic. Our son followed all the court procedures and paid back( monetary) what he owed to the people who had him arrested. He was finally let go in late fall of last year, a total of ten months in dealing with the court system. Actually, this worked out to be a good thing for him. He now gets disability and lives in low income housing. He tried a couple jobs but he couldn’t hang on to them. Needless to say, he was let go after a few months. We drove him to our place and back so he could visit us for Thanksgiving. He used to drive but would often get himself into trouble with vehicle accidents or not being able to do the maintenance on his car due to lack of interest. He uses public transportation now. He continues to do silly things but he is fun to be around. We watch movies with him like Deadpool, Antman, Guardian of the Galaxy, etc. He does funny impressions of actors or characters like Venom. He is a kid at heart and always will be. What can you do but let them have the best life they possibly can. Toni