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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What kind of person would abandon their child with special needs just because they're 18? Some people choose to send their child off to a group home. [b]You can't just kick them out. [/b]Is your child able to live and function independently? I have no plans of ever sending my ASD child away. He will always be with family because he will always need our support. [/quote]

It sounds like legally, you can. [/quote]

Legally but not morally. You have a moral obligation to set your child up for services, if you cannot or will not support them, so they can live in a safe environment (and I'll even go farther to say as enriching as possible) for the rest of their lives.[/quote]

New poster, not the PP to whom you're responding. I agree about the moral argument; however, there truly are situations where a person who needs help refuses it, refuses to cooperate with a parent or relative who is trying to "set [the 18+ person] up for services," refuses to stay in the home OR move to any other offered living situation, refuses any "safe environment" the family can find. That's why many such people end up homeless. Of course no parent or caregiver should simply throw a person out on the street but in cases where the person--an adult in the law's eyes--refuses help, and has the ability to walk out the door, there may only be so much the caregiver can do. The other case is when an adult child is dangerous to the parents or siblings etc. and the family has to cut ties or risk real violence. At least in those cases, police intervention in a violent incident could lead to he person being evaluated and placed in "the system" of somewhat forced care. But if the person is a legal adult with just enough wherewithal to refuse services, and there aren't issues like violence, the family may have extreme difficulty meeting that moral obligation of getting the loved one into a safe environment. [/quote]

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