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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 740657" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I dont know of any.</p><p></p><p>My son worked at one time and bowls with a bunch of disabled adults...Special Olympics. Maybe 10 percent of these adults have guardians and maybe cant speak or walk or take care of themselves and they onlu travel with their guardian and also have payees. I have no doubt in the cases where adults need that sort if care, the courts would step in.</p><p></p><p>As long as the disabled adult is pretty self sufficient and has no guardian appointed by the court, I dont think the case managers can do anything. They are not under anyone's care unless they ask. Many disabled adults make dangerous decisions. I never personally heard of anything happening to stop them other than jail if they break the law. They get arrested just like anyone else</p><p></p><p>In our country it is extremely difficult to interfer in the life of anyone who is an adult, excrpt they do have services to physically protect the elderly. This daughter is not the norm but I cant see her getting a guardian or a case manager keeping that close an eye on her. It isnt that simple. Again...even a schizophrenic adult who is not in his right mind can not be forced into treatment or to take medication. We are very loathe to violate anyones civil rights. That in my opinion is sad, especially regarding schizophrenics who cant tell reality from fantasy.</p><p></p><p>But thats what we do here. Thats why many of our disabled and mentally ill are in jail. Its sad in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 740657, member: 1550"] I dont know of any. My son worked at one time and bowls with a bunch of disabled adults...Special Olympics. Maybe 10 percent of these adults have guardians and maybe cant speak or walk or take care of themselves and they onlu travel with their guardian and also have payees. I have no doubt in the cases where adults need that sort if care, the courts would step in. As long as the disabled adult is pretty self sufficient and has no guardian appointed by the court, I dont think the case managers can do anything. They are not under anyone's care unless they ask. Many disabled adults make dangerous decisions. I never personally heard of anything happening to stop them other than jail if they break the law. They get arrested just like anyone else In our country it is extremely difficult to interfer in the life of anyone who is an adult, excrpt they do have services to physically protect the elderly. This daughter is not the norm but I cant see her getting a guardian or a case manager keeping that close an eye on her. It isnt that simple. Again...even a schizophrenic adult who is not in his right mind can not be forced into treatment or to take medication. We are very loathe to violate anyones civil rights. That in my opinion is sad, especially regarding schizophrenics who cant tell reality from fantasy. But thats what we do here. Thats why many of our disabled and mentally ill are in jail. Its sad in my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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