The needs of young adults with autism are only recently beginning to receive more attention from the media. But for these children's parents, this issue has always been personal. The emotions on display in the narratives are heartfelt and seem to swell like the wave of a tsunami itself as parents are now confronting what should be the independence of adulthood. With barriers to employment, health care and housing, young adults with autism remain largely dependent upon their parents. While the topic of transition to adulthood for those with autism is a vast one, implicating the need for wide scale policy change, certain themes emerge in these personal narratives that the authors wish to focus on here, which may well serve as a guide for that change. In closing, the narratives about young adults with autism exemplify the choices the authors have in supporting people with autism as well as the obligations they as parents and society have to ensure more opportunities and accommodations for their children.