David V. Zaitsev

This article is a review of the available information about helping people with ASD and their families abroad. The following countries were taken for consideration: Denmark, Germany, USA and Sweden. The paper analyzes data on the types of assistance, support centers and the role of the state in overcoming the problems associated with ASD.

This article highlights the problem of the lack of scientific papers studying the development of adults with mental retardation on the example of the study of social and everyday ideas. It can be seen from the results of experimental work that the development of social and everyday ideas in adults with mental retardation is better developed than in younger schoolchildren with the same diagnosis and, according to the results of correctional and developmental work, can be developed.