Do you consider this infantilization?
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Anonymous
| OP here. They actually don't have legal guardians as none of the participants have intellectual disabilities. |
Anonymous
I have to disagree. If they don’t have legal guardians, than having their parents sign permission forms beyond the age of is infantilization. |
Anonymous
How would you know? |
Anonymous
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I interned at a group home during my college years. The law is if the residents were competent enough to meet basic requirements for their health or safety, they were allowed to come and leave from the group home as they pleased. We weren’t allowed to stop them from leaving. We weren't even allowed to say anything to their parents/family. We couldn't tell the parents what medication they were taking, if they are noncompliant, etc. Unless the resident is totally disabled or there is a court order, they were entitled to privacy just like any other adult would have. And also having a legal guardian did not exempt them from privacy. Some residents, for example, had a guardian to make medical decisions. We could only tell them information that is needed to make decisions for the resident. That's it. We couldn't tell them if Susie decided to have an abortion.
This is a private organization, not a group home. As long as they are not receiving government funding, they can set whatever rules they want. But this is wrong. I run programs for people with disabilities. The participants sign if pictures can be published on our website. We don't have permission slips for trips/outside activities. We just do RSVP. If the organization has a blanket policy that everyone must sign regardless if they are capable of signing, than this is wrong. |
Anonymous
| If the courts hadn't appointed legal guardians, than this is really weird. |
Anonymous
| I have a child with autism. Many autistic adults, even those who are high functioning, require help beyond the age of 18. But if they don't have guardians than they should be allowed to sign for themselves. |
Anonymous
| When I had wisdom tooth surgery at 19 my doc wanted my parents to sign off because I was under 21. I was angry. But you can still be treated as a kid past 18. In high school my parents had to write a note if I was absent. My school was still allowed to tell them my grades. The school is still responsible for acting in locus parentus, despite being 18. |
Anonymous
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I'm confused. OP says that they don't have legal guardians, but the program director is acting like and specifically stated that they do, in fact, have legal guardians. One of them is wrong.
If they don't have legal guardians, then I would be pissed at the program director, too. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
| OP here. They don't. |
Anonymous
Are you saying this because the person you know in the program, your child or you?, does not have a legal guardian? Or do you know that others do not have legal guardians? |
Anonymous
OP here. I know they do not have legal guardians. Some love on their own and are still required parents signature. |
Anonymous
*live |
Anonymous
| You can live on your own and still have a legal guardian. |
Anonymous
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We are legal guardians to my MIL. She lives in a nursing home. There is no obligation that she live with us. It gives us decision making powers and we manage her money. She could technically leave the facility at any time and she does what she pleases there. There are also different forms of legal guardianship.
You may not be told who has guardianship or not but if the director says XXX, then that is the rule. |