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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 513627" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Your difficult child's age <em><strong>18</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Diagnosis/diagnoses <em><strong>autistic spectrum disorder</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Whether you think he/she will: live at home, live with friends, group home, independent living, institution. <em><strong>Apartment in a setting where somebody checks in on him </strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p>Type of work: none, volunteer only, part-time, full-time, sheltered workshop or supported work. <em><strong>Sheltered workshop or hand picked job Vocational Rehab</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p>Education: drop out of high school, ged, graduate from high school, graduate from high school but with an IEP, tech school, college. <em><strong>He is on his way to a regular High School Degree, but no interest in college. Not pushing it.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p>Relationships: alone, date, group dating, will marry. Will probably like living alone with people nearby (like in an apartment complex for other people with challanges). <em><strong>Doubt he will marry and very low priority for me too. I just want him to be happy and I don't think married life would make him very happy. He does have a lot of friends that he has known forever, and who live in assisted living situations, from both special education and Special Olympics and they are very supportive of one another. </strong></em></p><p></p><p>Friends: alone, one or two friends, strong group of friends, socialization will be limited to caregivers/paid support persons. <em><strong>See above.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p>Independence: (obviously this will be answered with the other questions for the most part): will you request guardianship of your adult child? Partial guardianship? Will your difficult child be considered an independent adult, but will have supports in place? <em><strong>80% indepedent. We have guardianship of him for now and will request guardianship after we are gone. He is fine with guardianship.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 513627, member: 1550"] Your difficult child's age [I][B]18[/B][/I] Diagnosis/diagnoses [I][B]autistic spectrum disorder[/B][/I] Whether you think he/she will: live at home, live with friends, group home, independent living, institution. [I][B]Apartment in a setting where somebody checks in on him [/B][/I] Type of work: none, volunteer only, part-time, full-time, sheltered workshop or supported work. [I][B]Sheltered workshop or hand picked job Vocational Rehab [/B][/I] Education: drop out of high school, ged, graduate from high school, graduate from high school but with an IEP, tech school, college. [I][B]He is on his way to a regular High School Degree, but no interest in college. Not pushing it. [/B][/I] Relationships: alone, date, group dating, will marry. Will probably like living alone with people nearby (like in an apartment complex for other people with challanges). [I][B]Doubt he will marry and very low priority for me too. I just want him to be happy and I don't think married life would make him very happy. He does have a lot of friends that he has known forever, and who live in assisted living situations, from both special education and Special Olympics and they are very supportive of one another. [/B][/I] Friends: alone, one or two friends, strong group of friends, socialization will be limited to caregivers/paid support persons. [I][B]See above. [/B][/I] Independence: (obviously this will be answered with the other questions for the most part): will you request guardianship of your adult child? Partial guardianship? Will your difficult child be considered an independent adult, but will have supports in place? [I][B]80% indepedent. We have guardianship of him for now and will request guardianship after we are gone. He is fine with guardianship. [/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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