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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/why-a-man-with-intellectual-disabilities-has-fewer-rights-than-a-convicted-felon/2015/09/21/2281f5c0-605e-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html

Why a man with intellectual disabilities has less rights than a convicted felon

Ryan King is 33, works at Safeway for 15 years, rides to work every day, pays his bills on time and has never been charged with a crime.

Yet in the eyes of the law, Ryan cannot decide where to live, work, spend his free time, what medicine to take or with whom to talk.

When he turned 18, his parents were apparently told they had to have guardianship over him. Both he and his parents spent 10 years trying to terminate the guardianship. If his parents (his guardians) die, Ryan could be forced out of his house and into a group home, be forced to quit his job and have all his computer passwords to his favorite sites (such as eBay) blocked.

"I love being independent" King says. “Everyone needs a little help sometimes. I don’t know anyone who knows everything. But just because people need a little bit of help doesn’t mean they can’t be independent.”[/quote]

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