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Kim Peek, "the real rain man"
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 96799" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>With anyone like this - concerns for their fate once orphaned are legitimate. Hopefully his father will organise a back-up carer well before crisis demands it.</p><p></p><p>It is sad that people like this need one-to-one support, but at least here in Australia, it can happen so surely it can also in the US. BF1's mother had BF1 as sole carer from when he was 5 (she is a partial quadriplegic). When he was older and needing to focus more on schoolwork, she sent him to live with his grandparents (nearby) and organised a live-in carer (funded by government pension) who is now a good friend and constant companion. You can only be paid as a live-in carer if you are over 18, so BF1 never qualified for financial support. I get a form of carer funding for difficult child 3; I stopped qualifying for difficult child 1 when he began spending nights away from home and the amount built up to a certain point.</p><p></p><p>Surely you have something like this in the US?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 96799, member: 1991"] With anyone like this - concerns for their fate once orphaned are legitimate. Hopefully his father will organise a back-up carer well before crisis demands it. It is sad that people like this need one-to-one support, but at least here in Australia, it can happen so surely it can also in the US. BF1's mother had BF1 as sole carer from when he was 5 (she is a partial quadriplegic). When he was older and needing to focus more on schoolwork, she sent him to live with his grandparents (nearby) and organised a live-in carer (funded by government pension) who is now a good friend and constant companion. You can only be paid as a live-in carer if you are over 18, so BF1 never qualified for financial support. I get a form of carer funding for difficult child 3; I stopped qualifying for difficult child 1 when he began spending nights away from home and the amount built up to a certain point. Surely you have something like this in the US? Marg [/QUOTE]
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