“He accepted it well, but we fell into a void,” says Birgit Kubik from Enns in Upper Austria. She is the mother of Max, who moved to a group home because he came of age. It is very quiet in the house now. Max was a special child, says Kubik: “An atypical autistic person.” Behind her are years that have exhausted her and her husband Michael. Now she shares her experiences in a book.
“Max has been living in a group home since June. I initially felt a great emptiness, even though I had been longing for this moment for a long time,” says Birgit Kubik. Her son is 19 years old and autistic. “He approaches people in a completely atypical way and constantly asks questions: where are you going? When are you coming back? It is always about processes, dates, names,” says Kubik. Every deviation in daily life causes him stress. He is dependent, cannot read or write and is hyperactive. Yet he is now an adult, ready to live his own life: “Just like other young adults. Only now do I feel the great exhaustion that the years with Max have left behind me,” says Kubik, thinking back on the “Krone”.
Source: Krone
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