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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 705046" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>It's not enabling if you help someone do something he cannot do on his own. </p><p></p><p>You probably have a better idea of his abilities than we do, so you can decide what is enabling and what is helping. </p><p></p><p>From your description, it sounds like he doesn't have the ability to get services for himself, nor take care of himself, but I could be reading it wrong.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking that you could ask for help for your son, from the people at the shelter, not ask them for info. Ask if they have any access to mental health caseworkers that may be able to talk with your son to get him into the system. Ask what services he may be eligible for, and if they could help him with the paperwork, if he is willing. </p><p></p><p>It is a possibility that he would be more receptive to their help than yours. Who knows? Getting our D C adults to accept help is the hardest part! There are things available, if they would follow through, but many times they are just not capable of doing so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 705046, member: 16024"] It's not enabling if you help someone do something he cannot do on his own. You probably have a better idea of his abilities than we do, so you can decide what is enabling and what is helping. From your description, it sounds like he doesn't have the ability to get services for himself, nor take care of himself, but I could be reading it wrong. I was thinking that you could ask for help for your son, from the people at the shelter, not ask them for info. Ask if they have any access to mental health caseworkers that may be able to talk with your son to get him into the system. Ask what services he may be eligible for, and if they could help him with the paperwork, if he is willing. It is a possibility that he would be more receptive to their help than yours. Who knows? Getting our D C adults to accept help is the hardest part! There are things available, if they would follow through, but many times they are just not capable of doing so. [/QUOTE]
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