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Found a water bong that difficult child was keeping for a friend
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 631059" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Janet, no, he got it because he IS disabled cognitively. It is the biggest key, other than the kid is so drugged up his braincells are fried. My son participated in Special Olympics and was in Special Education and has had a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder for years. But, yes, willingness is also a factor. You can't just want guardianship and get it because of immaturity or your child doesn't want to take his medications or you want to continue to control is choices. It is for those who can not function without support. I don't think she qualifies either, but not sure about it. We pretty much had it in the bag. I never heard of somebody getting guardsinship unless the adult child was not able to take care of himself. That doesn't mean WON'T...it means CAN'T. But we shall see. I think most of our difficult children could use extra parenting, but there are civil rights laws and it's not easy to get it.</p><p></p><p>However, Janet, my son can take care of his needs in his own home and can follow directions and work. I think that "cognitive disability not otherwise specified" was the key. Also...he really IS different and...hard to explain. He would have trouble making decisions that are easy for most people. But eventually, except for the money part, he may not need a guardian. I do almost no telling him what to do or setting rules. It is mostly handling his money and paying his bills out of his salary and social security for him. In fact, it is an accurate statement, that he makes all of his life decisions, although he likes to check in with me, and all I do is make sure his bills are paid. Today I'm taking him shopping. WE like to go together and I take out a certain amount of money he can spend on groceries. The only rules I have is no soda pop because he is obese and part of that is his soda part fetish. But I don't force him to get certain other foods. I like him as independent as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 631059, member: 1550"] Janet, no, he got it because he IS disabled cognitively. It is the biggest key, other than the kid is so drugged up his braincells are fried. My son participated in Special Olympics and was in Special Education and has had a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder for years. But, yes, willingness is also a factor. You can't just want guardianship and get it because of immaturity or your child doesn't want to take his medications or you want to continue to control is choices. It is for those who can not function without support. I don't think she qualifies either, but not sure about it. We pretty much had it in the bag. I never heard of somebody getting guardsinship unless the adult child was not able to take care of himself. That doesn't mean WON'T...it means CAN'T. But we shall see. I think most of our difficult children could use extra parenting, but there are civil rights laws and it's not easy to get it. However, Janet, my son can take care of his needs in his own home and can follow directions and work. I think that "cognitive disability not otherwise specified" was the key. Also...he really IS different and...hard to explain. He would have trouble making decisions that are easy for most people. But eventually, except for the money part, he may not need a guardian. I do almost no telling him what to do or setting rules. It is mostly handling his money and paying his bills out of his salary and social security for him. In fact, it is an accurate statement, that he makes all of his life decisions, although he likes to check in with me, and all I do is make sure his bills are paid. Today I'm taking him shopping. WE like to go together and I take out a certain amount of money he can spend on groceries. The only rules I have is no soda pop because he is obese and part of that is his soda part fetish. But I don't force him to get certain other foods. I like him as independent as possible. [/QUOTE]
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