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Anyone ever had a family member in a group home setting?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerriH" data-source="post: 758951" data-attributes="member: 298"><p>My son who has Asperger's syndrome LOVES having his own apartment. He flat out loves it.</p><p></p><p>It is a section 8 apartment, and it took 18 months to get him into it. The motto in my state is "a decent place to live", and that about sums it up. It is an older unit in good repair, has 2 bedrooms and a patio, but it is an older unit. It is plain, not that my son cares. He has a kitchen full of food that he picked out, he microwaves something when he gets hungry, and he has a desk with a computer on it that he plays games on and sends messages to his on-line friends. And his share of the rent is less than $100 a month.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, with Autism it is wise to begin as you intend to end: Autistic people tend to be less than flexible and tend to not understand that what held true last week does not hold true this week. It is easier for them to memorize what is expected and what they are expected to do.</p><p></p><p>My son lost his first section 8 apartment because he did not keep it up well enough. So, he has agreed too let me inspect his apartment once a month to prevent it from happening again. He cleans it before I come over and I might point out that he needs to do this or that, and then he does that also. I am not picky: I do not care if there are dust bunnies under the table as long as the bathroom is clean and the trash is thrown out. And I generally took him out to lunch afterwards.</p><p></p><p>My brother-in-law was in a group home, but he never acted like it was a home. Instead he acted like it was just a place to stay. He did not choose what he ate or when he ate it, and there were about 16 other people living in that home. It was what was needed as my brother in law wanted to move out from under his Mother's roof just like most adult men do, but he did not love it like my son loves his section 8 apartment</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerriH, post: 758951, member: 298"] My son who has Asperger's syndrome LOVES having his own apartment. He flat out loves it. It is a section 8 apartment, and it took 18 months to get him into it. The motto in my state is "a decent place to live", and that about sums it up. It is an older unit in good repair, has 2 bedrooms and a patio, but it is an older unit. It is plain, not that my son cares. He has a kitchen full of food that he picked out, he microwaves something when he gets hungry, and he has a desk with a computer on it that he plays games on and sends messages to his on-line friends. And his share of the rent is less than $100 a month. At any rate, with Autism it is wise to begin as you intend to end: Autistic people tend to be less than flexible and tend to not understand that what held true last week does not hold true this week. It is easier for them to memorize what is expected and what they are expected to do. My son lost his first section 8 apartment because he did not keep it up well enough. So, he has agreed too let me inspect his apartment once a month to prevent it from happening again. He cleans it before I come over and I might point out that he needs to do this or that, and then he does that also. I am not picky: I do not care if there are dust bunnies under the table as long as the bathroom is clean and the trash is thrown out. And I generally took him out to lunch afterwards. My brother-in-law was in a group home, but he never acted like it was a home. Instead he acted like it was just a place to stay. He did not choose what he ate or when he ate it, and there were about 16 other people living in that home. It was what was needed as my brother in law wanted to move out from under his Mother's roof just like most adult men do, but he did not love it like my son loves his section 8 apartment [/QUOTE]
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