"As of 2015, I’m 27 years old. I have my B.S. in elementary education and my M.A. in English and creative writing. Life through some curve balls in the form of my lifetime health issues becoming much more serious, ultimately diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. I spent 15 months in a nursing home–autism plus the degree of medical care I need made it fully impossible for me to be on my own successfully. An autism specialist said that I had hit my developmental peak when I was 21 and to consider a group home placement"