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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 237956" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Daisy, unless he socializes with groups of peers he will never know what he wants or doesn't want in terms of adult relationships. The playing field is not level if he is interacting with those at a higher functioning and those with lower functioning abilities. </p><p></p><p>If two people with disabilities can manage a functional relationship and home there is no reason they can not love and live a life that is full and rich for them. Heck they may be better able to interact with a significant other than many N/T folks. </p><p></p><p>I saw whole dorm of difficult child's interact for 3 yrs. It was so refreshingly normal. There was dating, flirting, friends, activities on their level but just as valid as any other young adult group. Not everyone had girlfriends or boyfriends but there were a high percentage of them. Many were nothing more than eating in the cafeteria together but there were a significant serious relationships. 2 marriages and 2 babies at last count. The best thing to come out of that experience was difficult child having the confidence to know he fit in and he belonged. He has made life long friends. He was not invisible and was a leader in his own little world. It's pretty heady stuff for my difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 237956, member: 3"] Daisy, unless he socializes with groups of peers he will never know what he wants or doesn't want in terms of adult relationships. The playing field is not level if he is interacting with those at a higher functioning and those with lower functioning abilities. If two people with disabilities can manage a functional relationship and home there is no reason they can not love and live a life that is full and rich for them. Heck they may be better able to interact with a significant other than many N/T folks. I saw whole dorm of difficult child's interact for 3 yrs. It was so refreshingly normal. There was dating, flirting, friends, activities on their level but just as valid as any other young adult group. Not everyone had girlfriends or boyfriends but there were a high percentage of them. Many were nothing more than eating in the cafeteria together but there were a significant serious relationships. 2 marriages and 2 babies at last count. The best thing to come out of that experience was difficult child having the confidence to know he fit in and he belonged. He has made life long friends. He was not invisible and was a leader in his own little world. It's pretty heady stuff for my difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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