Originally Posted by johnnybrown532

They say Adam Lanza had it and maybe Eliott Roger as well so they say others too on both sides of the atlantic

Originally Posted by johnnybrown532

I don't care what anyone says.

Originally Posted by johnnybrown532

They say Adam Lanza had it and maybe Eliott Roger as well so they say others too on both sides of the atlantic.

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Or any of the other random crap you've posted on this thread?

Originally Posted by johnnybrown532

I think you have the wrong end of the stick there maybe Michael i think the child will probably live at the family home but will attend a special needs school as opposed to mainstream primary school he probably doesn't live in residential care home setting away from the rest of the family. There is likely a carer involved with the family to take the weight off them so to speak. I am unsure who would pay for that probably nhs.

In america everything would be dependent upon insurance coverage of course and the better the coverage the more the family will have to work with. I know under the Obamacare they can't deny coverage for pre existing conditions.

Originally Posted by Michael

I'm not on the wrong end of the stick but trying to figure out what 24/7 means in his case. The US public schools are setup for autism children but if it is too severe, the school may not be able to handle it and the child may not be allowed to attend. Although there are government assistance programs for children with severe autism, many of those are for families with low incomes. In the US it is usually expected that family takes care of their child or parents but as a last resort, if they can't take care of them, they can either put them in an assisted care facility at a minimum cost of $7,000 per month which either the family pays for but if they can't, then the state will pick up the bill. If the person is an adult, then it is that person and their spouse's finances that determines who pays the bill.

If the UK the government will pick up the bill for providing 24/7 care whether with care givers or assisted living facilities, they might as well stay in the UK.

Autism on Public Assistance: Overview - Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)

Originally Posted by ian-mstm

I wouldn't limit his crap to just this thread - he posts crap on a number of threads. There doesn't actually seem to be any thought process involved... he simply starts typing whatever is in his head. There's no filter.

Here's an example: "... singling out disabled people just seems so unamerican to me." He clearly has no idea what "un-American" means! So, why does he think this? I'm guessing it's because he's bought into the hype that the US is a panacea. It's almost as if he believes that whatever it is he's thinking about is somehow the truth... and that is a very scary thought!

I accept that he believes himself to be helping - but that's as far as I'll go.

Ian

Originally Posted by a18ion

The 24/7 care is distributed between the family and social services, including where respite to the family is provided by the child being kept overnight in a care home for autistic children, usually once a week; and sometimes care provided by a specialist in the home.

Originally Posted by GeoffM

Under our insurance (and mild case of PDD), we got 8 hours per week of therapy. However, that was with at least one parent, not respite. His cousin, who has severe autism and can barely talk at 8 years old, gets 2-3 hours per day, every day, with weekdays of tuition/therapy and weekends just supervision (again, with parents present) to give them a bit of a breather.

Just a couple of examples of what the health insurance can provide but never is the phrase "YMMV" more applicable.

Originally Posted by a18ion

The cousin's situation is more like my grandson (8 yrs old, can't speak, etc.), so it's good to know there are services here in CA. [...] Thanks for the info about your cousin's CA experience. What county is the cousin's family in? We're in Santa Barbara County.

Originally Posted by GeoffM

They're in LA County I think. However, like us, they get their services through their health insurance, not through the county. That said, there are Regional Centers that can also help but I don't know much about them.