Things to consider for a teen with special needs before age 18:
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Anonymous
| My former state of Arkansas was generous with personal care hours and respite care, which seems to be rare here. You didn’t need waiver, just a qualifying disability. State also had easy (maybe too easy) access to long term residential facilities for the disabled. Flip side was that advanced care, mental health therapy, or ABA was in short supply. Also, childrens families bought into Medicaid at all income levels, very little or the out of pocket stuff. |
Anonymous
| Lots of great information in this blog post, thank you so much for sharing! There's really not enough information in one place out there like this. I think you might like this blog as it contains some more generally helpful information for raising a child with special needs - https://www.nilotoys.com/tips-for-parenting-a-child-with-special-needs/ |
Anonymous
| Thank you |
Anonymous
How would they be liable. Guardians are only liable if they are negligent in their duty of care and something happens. The guardian is has a fiduciary responsibility and if they are self-serving or mismanaging the ward’s assets then yes they are responsible. Common sense. |
Anonymous
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I recall you can drop unwanted kids off at firehouse. Was intended for infants.
But you can do it up till 18. Some parents used this loophole |
Anonymous
| Who is eligible for this? ADD has ADHD and LD's and a chronic medical illness which qualifies him for an IEP. She's 17. |
Anonymous
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PP - Are you referring to a son or daughter? What do you want to know if your teen will qualify for? A lot of what is covered in the original post would be for one with a cognitive or developmental disability which is diagnosed officially through testing.
Vocational services through your state’’s disability service agency after high school may well be one service your teen might benefit from. |