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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My father has a mentally disabled brother (not so much a failure to launch, but rather an inability to launch).  He lived with my grandparents until they were too old to take care of him and now my father supports him (he lives in my grandparents former house which my father still owns.)  He is much younger than my dad and I think there is a fairly high likelihood that he will become my responsibility one day.  But, what are you going to do?  If it were his fault that he wasn't independant, it might be different or it might not.  In any case, I will take care of him when it is my turn. [/quote]

[b]Does your uncle receive government benefits[/b]?[/quote]

Yes.  And he was able to work as a stock boy in a store for many years. The store was family-run and they really took care of him, so I  am not sure that he could have made it in a corporate-run store that wasn't willing to work with him. Our experience with him has shown us that there are a lot of really good people in the world.

He has never been able to drive (because he can't read to pass the test among other reasons) but he has run more than 100 marathons in the last 30 years.  We all love him. [/quote]

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