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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 659051" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>After reading all this, and knowing your son wants help, could you convince him to apply for SSI? I ask because he DOES have real medical problems. A stroke is serious. His challenges are real. He isn't being defiant or difficult. You can even go with him. It's not BAD to go with him if he is getting help. </p><p></p><p>If he does get SSI, and it can sometimes take a few tries, he will get a the dept. of job rehab involved, a caseworker to go shopping with him and other life's chores (this takes the heat off of you and gets him out and about with a person not related to him), and housing options away from home with others who may have some challenges or his own place, if he gets to that point. At any rate, you deserve a break, and this will help him move toward independence, as it did my son. </p><p>He may very well have disabilities due to his problems in utero, but t here is help for willing disabled people who want to be as independent as possible or for those who families can't or won't let them live at home until they die. We did not want our son to have to live at home until then...and have no future.</p><p></p><p>To get social security, gather all of his medical records. Call your local Aging and Disabilities office to get an appointment for him (or have him do it) and then he can go to that. He will need an assessment for SS. Your son will be told where he is going for this assessment and when. He may have to have a job assessment too. That is at some place of work for a few days or a few weeks. Yes, I know he is scared, but he can't go on like this forever. Along with the SSI he would get Medicare and Medicaid to take care of his medical problems and, if he doesn't drive, there is probably free van rides or cab rides for those with SSI. Or cheap ones. My son goes everywhere on his bike or by cab. He never calls us for a ride and he lives close and we'd drive him, but he likes doing it himself.</p><p></p><p>My son had a complicated birth history too. </p><p></p><p>I wish you luck, whatever you decide to try. And I hope he feels better soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 659051, member: 1550"] After reading all this, and knowing your son wants help, could you convince him to apply for SSI? I ask because he DOES have real medical problems. A stroke is serious. His challenges are real. He isn't being defiant or difficult. You can even go with him. It's not BAD to go with him if he is getting help. If he does get SSI, and it can sometimes take a few tries, he will get a the dept. of job rehab involved, a caseworker to go shopping with him and other life's chores (this takes the heat off of you and gets him out and about with a person not related to him), and housing options away from home with others who may have some challenges or his own place, if he gets to that point. At any rate, you deserve a break, and this will help him move toward independence, as it did my son. He may very well have disabilities due to his problems in utero, but t here is help for willing disabled people who want to be as independent as possible or for those who families can't or won't let them live at home until they die. We did not want our son to have to live at home until then...and have no future. To get social security, gather all of his medical records. Call your local Aging and Disabilities office to get an appointment for him (or have him do it) and then he can go to that. He will need an assessment for SS. Your son will be told where he is going for this assessment and when. He may have to have a job assessment too. That is at some place of work for a few days or a few weeks. Yes, I know he is scared, but he can't go on like this forever. Along with the SSI he would get Medicare and Medicaid to take care of his medical problems and, if he doesn't drive, there is probably free van rides or cab rides for those with SSI. Or cheap ones. My son goes everywhere on his bike or by cab. He never calls us for a ride and he lives close and we'd drive him, but he likes doing it himself. My son had a complicated birth history too. I wish you luck, whatever you decide to try. And I hope he feels better soon. [/QUOTE]
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