My 24 year old son with autism just found out orange Cheeto won and he was so upset
My son was one of the first waves of autism and the schools were not prepared for him. He lived with us until he was 20 he had some aggressive and behavior problems that made it hard to continue living with us. He is high functioning and cognitively at about 8 years old. Every other weekend we bring him home and today his father picked him up and he was told Cheeto was elected. He got hysterical in the car and wanted to know why Hillary wasnt elected. I was surprised no staff in his group home talked about it. But I told him he in is Cheetos America now and his life is going to get harder for him and he has to learn how to better control his behavior. People like my son will end up in a prison under Cheetos worldif he has a bad meltdown in public and hurts someone.
I am scared for my son's future because if history is a correct I can see orange hitler doing what hitler did with disabled people in the 1930's. I 'm not religious but god help us!
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tell him she is sad but will continue to fight for people, including him. 
I know a lot of us are feeling hopeless but I think it's better not to communicate this to the most vulnerable around us: our children -- even our adult children when they are cognitively impaired.
Please consider getting the advice of knowledgeable people (maybe at the group home?) on the best way to talk to your son about this, and the best way to help him develop better control.
I get how scary this is for you as a parent -- and I'm so sorry.
