This Fool isn't on the hill...yet

My eyesight is worsening (I'm legally blind) and I'm the wrong side of 40.
I don't say this for sympathy but to give you a background of how I view the future for my Aspie teen - coloured in panic.
Until his recent breakdown I thought we were trundling along quite well, that he was progressing, improving, interacting in the wide world with all sorts with nary a problem.
Yes, a rhubarb sweetie dish isn't the only fool in this house.
So, now I join Kelley in worrying for the future for my boy; do parents of those on the Spectrum have a special wall on which they perch, each forever gazing into the distance at the fast approaching Future as the grey hair and worry lines grow?
While the NT people scurry past us, flicking us barely a glance as they celebrate everything their NT child does, giving us only a momentary second of attention wondering, perhaps, at us sitting there.
Do we instinctively know where to find this wall, where to sit, in which order...?
Do we exchange pleasantries with those around us, operating on a first name basis as we will all witness each others children mature and enter adulthood where we will all continue to panic and worry and fret and hyperventilate at the thought that we can not negotiate extra years from Her On High just to supervise our ASD kids safely into late middle age....

Social skills for teens - with and without ASD Aspergers Autism ADHD or Tourettes

Yes, most teens need social skill classes, or maybe just some tips, on how to behave in an appropriate manner.
Sitting on Kyneton railway station yesterday and there was the usual suspects; several teen girls hanging around a couple of teen boys who were showing off to their enraptured female audience by swearing their heads off and being too rough in horse play judging by the loud complaints from one of the girls.
This actually made the boys pull up and calm their behaviour down...one of their own applying the brakes and firmly marking a social boundary.
How many teens feel unable to apply these brakes by speaking up, by saying that they don't like something that a peer is doing?
How many are unable to recognise these boundaries?
There are social stories galore for our younger kids, whether they're on the Autistic Spectrum or not, but many times these are not suitable and it seems that all teens are grossly over-looked; they could do with some social skills classes slipped in between maths and science.
Simply sitting teens down to explain what is and is not acceptable could make the world of difference to their lives as hormones can blind them to what is really very obvious.

Links...
Why teaching social skills to teenagers is important.
Social skills activities for children and teenagers.
Preparing to teach social skills to your teen.