Bois d’Arcy (Yvelin)
“I took mine CDI:!” Emily exclaims, all smiles as she stumbles into the bosses office. Congratulations stream. At the age of 24, this is his first contract. Two years ago, he was diagnosed with autism. It was unexpectedhe misses I started off far… But things will get better soon. It’s a team and a residence above. The residence is a residence in Bois d’Arcy, Yvelines, christened Les Colibris by its residents, twenty-one young adults, all with autism spectrum disorder and “high functioning”.
In France, 600,000 autistic adults do not have housing solutions: specialized homes, classic garden or family home. Emily, like the other residents, is too independent to live at home, but not enough to live alone. To compensate for the lack of suitable offers, the association Autisme en Île-de-France (Aeidf) has built twenty-three fully equipped studios…
Source: Le Figaro
