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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 587412" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>JFK...please, please, if you do nothing else, hon, try to encourage him to apply for disability. I was told by somebody who works in disability that a diagnosis of bipolar gives one a GREAT chance of receiving it. Along with disability payments, you get healthcare, and mental health care for free, Section 8 housing and a lot of supports. I know this because I am on disability with a ton of supports and I'm not even homeless. Until you are officially considered disabled, you don't get anything. The disability is widely based on your ability to function every day...in my case I just could never hold a job. Your son does not seem able to function either. The functional behavioral assessment is the key and will be given to him. </p><p></p><p>If he is that terribly mentally ill so that he can't take care of himself at all, you may also want to become his guardian. I don't know how that works if he is resistant to it, but that would make him functionally a minor again and you get to make the rules, even if he is not at home. I don't clamp down hard on my son with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...usually I let him do what he wants...but he is not, for example, allowed to buy or own a fire arm because that's one stipulation I made in court. </p><p></p><p>For a drug abuser, I would not recommend this, but for somebody who is mentally ill and unable to function it may e the only way he gets help and is not treated as if he were "bad." Some people will tell you that it takes forever to get disability. Although I can't speak for everyone, it was easy for us to get it for Sonic with his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis and I got it the first time I applied. And the only reason I applied was because I *had* to apply or the Dept. of Workforce Development wouldn't work with me to get me a job. I was absolutely shocked when I was approved. I didn't think I was the sort of person who would be approved because I have great verbal skills, I'm stable mentally on my medication, and except for my normal issues...face blindness, inability to find my way around, inability to multitask....nothing bad was happening to me. </p><p></p><p>I hope you explore this option with your difficult child. It is the only way he won't be treated as if he is just a bad kid, and there are A LOT of services once you are approved. He would have a caseworker who would help him find places to stay so that he wouldn't be homeless. It would take him out of the hands of the police and into the hands of mental health professionals, where he belongs.</p><p></p><p>I live in Wisconsin. Don't consider this a particularly enlightended state, especially now, yet I still get services and, more importantly, my dear son is looked after well and will have services after I am no longer here. Many governors are increasing mental health services now since the Sandy Hook shooting. Mine is one and he's very conservative. </p><p></p><p>I will pray for your family this Easter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 587412, member: 1550"] JFK...please, please, if you do nothing else, hon, try to encourage him to apply for disability. I was told by somebody who works in disability that a diagnosis of bipolar gives one a GREAT chance of receiving it. Along with disability payments, you get healthcare, and mental health care for free, Section 8 housing and a lot of supports. I know this because I am on disability with a ton of supports and I'm not even homeless. Until you are officially considered disabled, you don't get anything. The disability is widely based on your ability to function every day...in my case I just could never hold a job. Your son does not seem able to function either. The functional behavioral assessment is the key and will be given to him. If he is that terribly mentally ill so that he can't take care of himself at all, you may also want to become his guardian. I don't know how that works if he is resistant to it, but that would make him functionally a minor again and you get to make the rules, even if he is not at home. I don't clamp down hard on my son with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)...usually I let him do what he wants...but he is not, for example, allowed to buy or own a fire arm because that's one stipulation I made in court. For a drug abuser, I would not recommend this, but for somebody who is mentally ill and unable to function it may e the only way he gets help and is not treated as if he were "bad." Some people will tell you that it takes forever to get disability. Although I can't speak for everyone, it was easy for us to get it for Sonic with his Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis and I got it the first time I applied. And the only reason I applied was because I *had* to apply or the Dept. of Workforce Development wouldn't work with me to get me a job. I was absolutely shocked when I was approved. I didn't think I was the sort of person who would be approved because I have great verbal skills, I'm stable mentally on my medication, and except for my normal issues...face blindness, inability to find my way around, inability to multitask....nothing bad was happening to me. I hope you explore this option with your difficult child. It is the only way he won't be treated as if he is just a bad kid, and there are A LOT of services once you are approved. He would have a caseworker who would help him find places to stay so that he wouldn't be homeless. It would take him out of the hands of the police and into the hands of mental health professionals, where he belongs. I live in Wisconsin. Don't consider this a particularly enlightended state, especially now, yet I still get services and, more importantly, my dear son is looked after well and will have services after I am no longer here. Many governors are increasing mental health services now since the Sandy Hook shooting. Mine is one and he's very conservative. I will pray for your family this Easter. [/QUOTE]
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