"Special Needs Kids"

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun in that bubble.

"That bubble" is a lot more roomier than your small mind.

Sorry Jeff, not being close minded. Just considering all the other places where certain groups would like "people first" language.
"[insert ethnicity/race] people" vs "People who are _______"

[Anonymous]

Is there sufficient interest in a children/young adults with special needs forum? We are wrestling with first SN kid in college and we learned a LOT that I can share about how to approach the college years. Also, we are coming to terms with the fact that DC may never be able to be self-sufficient so will have to be looking at group homes or a guardianship for after we are gone. Discussions of this sort rarely seem to get into the SN category. Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have fun in that bubble.

"That bubble" is a lot more roomier than your small mind.

Sorry Jeff, not being close minded. Just considering all the other places where certain groups would like "people first" language.
"[insert ethnicity/race] people" vs "People who are _______"

You are mistaken and off the mark. "People First" language is foe and about disability-related issues. It's meant to put the person first and the illness or disorder or condition second. It's not a global PC rubric for minorities or discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there sufficient interest in a children/young adults with special needs forum? We are wrestling with first SN kid in college and we learned a LOT that I can share about how to approach the college years. Also, we are coming to terms with the fact that DC may never be able to be self-sufficient so will have to be looking at group homes or a guardianship for after we are gone. Discussions of this sort rarely seem to get into the SN category. Just a thought.

I hope that you will stay in the regular forum, perhaps for selfish reasons. As my child grows older I find more posts about young adults with SN more and more relevant timely and useful. I bookmark and re-read them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there sufficient interest in a children/young adults with special needs forum? We are wrestling with first SN kid in college and we learned a LOT that I can share about how to approach the college years. Also, we are coming to terms with the fact that DC may never be able to be self-sufficient so will have to be looking at group homes or a guardianship for after we are gone. Discussions of this sort rarely seem to get into the SN category. Just a thought.

I hope that you will stay in the regular forum, perhaps for selfish reasons. As my child grows older I find more posts about young adults with SN more and more relevant timely and useful. I bookmark and re-read them.

I probably will - I have a few more years to go with this. But I have been surprised by how few posters have asked college questons for SN. Or vocational training, or group housing. If we want our SN kids to turn out like Temple Grandin, and be completely self-sufficient, some of us have a long way to go. Maybe those parents have found other online support groups. Maybe only the younger set visits this forum. But I've been surprised to see that question and comments seem to go only up through the "do I need an IEP for high school" level and then die off. I don't know why. Most of the parents who have SN kids in college are not the standard demographic of this website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there sufficient interest in a children/young adults with special needs forum? We are wrestling with first SN kid in college and we learned a LOT that I can share about how to approach the college years. Also, we are coming to terms with the fact that DC may never be able to be self-sufficient so will have to be looking at group homes or a guardianship for after we are gone. Discussions of this sort rarely seem to get into the SN category. Just a thought.

I hope that you will stay in the regular forum, perhaps for selfish reasons. As my child grows older I find more posts about young adults with SN more and more relevant timely and useful. I bookmark and re-read them.

I probably will - I have a few more years to go with this. But I have been surprised by how few posters have asked college questons for SN. Or vocational training, or group housing. If we want our SN kids to turn out like Temple Grandin, and be completely self-sufficient, some of us have a long way to go. Maybe those parents have found other online support groups. Maybe only the younger set visits this forum. But I've been surprised to see that question and comments seem to go only up through the "do I need an IEP for high school" level and then die off. I don't know why. Most of the parents who have SN kids in college are not the standard demographic of this website.

I've been on this website since approximately 2006 when my SN child was born, when DCUM was in a previous incarnation. My SN child (rather, child with Special Needs) is now 8. I think you are seeing the DCUM population growing up with the website. DCUM is only about 7-8 years old. More kids are going to start aging into middle and high school. I see more posts about financial planning already. We did this for my child just last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there sufficient interest in a children/young adults with special needs forum? We are wrestling with first SN kid in college and we learned a LOT that I can share about how to approach the college years. Also, we are coming to terms with the fact that DC may never be able to be self-sufficient so will have to be looking at group homes or a guardianship for after we are gone. Discussions of this sort rarely seem to get into the SN category. Just a thought.

I hope that you will stay in the regular forum, perhaps for selfish reasons. As my child grows older I find more posts about young adults with SN more and more relevant timely and useful. I bookmark and re-read them.

I probably will - I have a few more years to go with this. But I have been surprised by how few posters have asked college questons for SN. Or vocational training, or group housing. If we want our SN kids to turn out like Temple Grandin, and be completely self-sufficient, some of us have a long way to go. Maybe those parents have found other online support groups. Maybe only the younger set visits this forum. But I've been surprised to see that question and comments seem to go only up through the "do I need an IEP for high school" level and then die off. I don't know why. Most of the parents who have SN kids in college are not the standard demographic of this website.

I've been on this website since approximately 2006 when my SN child was born, when DCUM was in a previous incarnation. My SN child (rather, child with Special Needs) is now 8. I think you are seeing the DCUM population growing up with the website. DCUM is only about 7-8 years old. More kids are going to start aging into middle and high school. I see more posts about financial planning already. We did this for my child just last year.

I think you are spot-on. My kids are older ergo we are older. If I may ask, did you set up a guardianship or trust for DC? I need to completely redo our wills, change guardians, and leave a larger amount of the estate to take care of an autistic adult. I keep telling myself "baby steps, baby steps".

[Anonymous]

We did both. Trust and guardianship. Arduous tedious process but worth it. I recommend Maedi Carney.

[Anonymous]

Thank you. Where does Maedi Carney practice (state).

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jeff for changing the name of the forum to Kids with Special Needs. I noticed it a few weeks back and appreciated it.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Thanks Jeff for changing the name of the forum to Kids with Special Needs. I noticed it a few weeks back and appreciated it.


+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous]Thanks Jeff for changing the name of the forum to Kids with Special Needs. I noticed it a few weeks back and appreciated it.

+1

And another echoing the thx for this thoughtful, sensitive change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you. Where does Maedi Carney practice (state).

Washington, DC

http://specialneedsplanning.net/about-us-2/#

[Anonymous]

Thank you 19:46

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there sufficient interest in a children/young adults with special needs forum? We are wrestling with first SN kid in college and we learned a LOT that I can share about how to approach the college years. Also, we are coming to terms with the fact that DC may never be able to be self-sufficient so will have to be looking at group homes or a guardianship for after we are gone. Discussions of this sort rarely seem to get into the SN category. Just a thought.

I hope that you will stay in the regular forum, perhaps for selfish reasons. As my child grows older I find more posts about young adults with SN more and more relevant timely and useful. I bookmark and re-read them.

I probably will - I have a few more years to go with this. But I have been surprised by how few posters have asked college questons for SN. Or vocational training, or group housing. If we want our SN kids to turn out like Temple Grandin, and be completely self-sufficient, some of us have a long way to go. Maybe those parents have found other online support groups. Maybe only the younger set visits this forum. But I've been surprised to see that question and comments seem to go only up through the "do I need an IEP for high school" level and then die off. I don't know why. Most of the parents who have SN kids in college are not the standard demographic of this website.

I've seen a few threads about college kids with special needs in the College forum. I'm not sure that forum would meet your needs, because I haven't seen a lot of relevant posts there and it's also not necessarily a place where you immediately go to look. If you do a search of that forum you can probably find the threads on college students with special needs.