Table 4.
Characterization of overall social functioning in adulthood
| Participant | Independence | Type of work | Friendship | Overall functioning | Seizures | Medications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family home: can go out alone | Full-time maintenance work at parents’ day care | Close friend, shares common interests | Very good | No | For attention |
| 2 | Family home: manages own budget | Full-time medical filing clerk | Multiple friends and has dated | Very good | No | For anxiety |
| 3 | Own apartment in different state than parents | Full-time manager of small airline | Multiple friends, no dating | Very good | No | No |
| 4 | Family home: can go out alone | Full-time work for coca cola and just earned AA | Has friends but they introduced him to a gang and took advantage of him | Very good | No | No |
| 5 | Family home: supervised in community | Community college: studying to be history teacher | Extends interest-based friendships outside group situations | Good | No | No |
| 6 | Family home: looking for apartment | In college: studying the environmental effects of the workspace | Acquaintances in group situations | Good | No | No |
| 7 | Own apartment: weekend staff | Part-time supported employment: art production | No friends | Fair | NA | NA |
| 8 | Family home: always supervised | Sheltered employment at community service center: money changing | No friends | Fair | Yes | For blood pressure, cholesterol, stomach pain, epilepsy |
| 9 | Family home: supervised in community | Custodial work at program: cleaning pews and shredding paper | No friends | Fair | No | No |
| 10 | Own apartment: help with cleaning and taxes | Not employed | No friends | Fair | No | NA |
| 11 | Group home: can go out alone | Sheltered workshop part-time | No friends | Poor | No | Mood stabilizer |
| 12 | Group home: can go out alone | Sheltered workshop part-time | No friends | Poor | No | Mood stabilizer |
| 13 | Group home: always supervised | Not employed | No friends | Poor | Yes | For behaviors, epilepsy |
| 14 | Family home: mom and caregiver supervise | Not employed | No friends | Poor | No | For behaviors, anxiety, depression |
| 15 | Family home: Weekend caregiver and family supervision | Not employed | No friends | Poor | No | Antipsychotics |
| 16 | Group home: always supervised | Sheltered employment: sorting things and loading water bottles | No friends | Poor | No | Multiple antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, anxiolytics |
| 17 | Group home: always supervised | Not employed | No friends | Poor | No | For aggression, mood, Tourrettes, insomnia |
| 18 | Group home: can go out alone | Not employed | No friends | Poor | No | Mood stabilizers |
| 19 | Family home: supervised in community | Not employed | No friends | Poor | Yes | For epilepsy |
| 20 | Group home: constant supervision | Supported program: food preparation, filing, and paper shredding | No friends | Poor | No | Mood stabilizer |