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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 746600" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The first thing I would do even befire he gets out is ti apply for SSI. He will probably qualify and the residential employees can help. If you wait until he gets out, trust me, he wont cooperate and you will have a rough time without community services.</p><p></p><p>My 25 year old son is auristic, adopted at 2, and has some challenges due to his birthmother's drug use during her pregnancy with him. He got services very early and is doing well and on his own, functioning with some community resources and will be in good hands when we are gone. He is busy and works part time. Vocational Rehab works hard to place differently abled adults in jobs tjey will succeed in and my son still gets some SSI. We set up a payee for him and the court has not allowed him to pay his own bills yet. He is trying hard to learn how to not spend impulsively. He gets Medicare and Medicaid, a great apartment that is susidized (there was a waiting list) and he has a social worker who is very helpful and his own nurse and a cab punch card to get around. </p><p></p><p>My son is not greatly disabled and has a normal IQ. You dont need a low IQ for SSI, just trouble functioning. The help that goes with SSI is tremendous and has helped my son remain a functional member of society and a happy young man. He couldnt do it 100 pwrcent alone and the services go on. We cant live forever.</p><p></p><p>We went to our local Aging and Disabilities office when our son was 17 to find out what to.do after high school and were told that rhe schopl would help us with that and we were told who to talk to.</p><p></p><p>The school was extremely helpful. I am assuming that the residential.treatment center will be too.</p><p></p><p>If your son improves to.the point where he no longer needs services or SSI he can get the services removed. I was once my son's guardian but he eventually felt he didnt need one, his case manager, me and hub and Son discussed it and all agreed. He went to court and I was officially relieved of my duty. Very easy.</p><p></p><p>My son is not a drug user or behavior problem. I still believe your son qualifies for SSI. Ask the go-to agency in your county what your next steps should be for his best good....and yours. If you don't know who to talk to,call Social Services and tell them your story and ask who can help you. Maybe they can or they can tell you who will. You dont have to be lost or alone in this. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 746600, member: 1550"] The first thing I would do even befire he gets out is ti apply for SSI. He will probably qualify and the residential employees can help. If you wait until he gets out, trust me, he wont cooperate and you will have a rough time without community services. My 25 year old son is auristic, adopted at 2, and has some challenges due to his birthmother's drug use during her pregnancy with him. He got services very early and is doing well and on his own, functioning with some community resources and will be in good hands when we are gone. He is busy and works part time. Vocational Rehab works hard to place differently abled adults in jobs tjey will succeed in and my son still gets some SSI. We set up a payee for him and the court has not allowed him to pay his own bills yet. He is trying hard to learn how to not spend impulsively. He gets Medicare and Medicaid, a great apartment that is susidized (there was a waiting list) and he has a social worker who is very helpful and his own nurse and a cab punch card to get around. My son is not greatly disabled and has a normal IQ. You dont need a low IQ for SSI, just trouble functioning. The help that goes with SSI is tremendous and has helped my son remain a functional member of society and a happy young man. He couldnt do it 100 pwrcent alone and the services go on. We cant live forever. We went to our local Aging and Disabilities office when our son was 17 to find out what to.do after high school and were told that rhe schopl would help us with that and we were told who to talk to. The school was extremely helpful. I am assuming that the residential.treatment center will be too. If your son improves to.the point where he no longer needs services or SSI he can get the services removed. I was once my son's guardian but he eventually felt he didnt need one, his case manager, me and hub and Son discussed it and all agreed. He went to court and I was officially relieved of my duty. Very easy. My son is not a drug user or behavior problem. I still believe your son qualifies for SSI. Ask the go-to agency in your county what your next steps should be for his best good....and yours. If you don't know who to talk to,call Social Services and tell them your story and ask who can help you. Maybe they can or they can tell you who will. You dont have to be lost or alone in this. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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