How Impaired for Guardianship?
Today I realized that in less than two years we will almost certainly have to apply for guardianship for Sam. It all started with another person discussing the process they are going through to get guardianship. "How impaired does a person have to be to consider guardianship?" I asked? And then answered my own question. Sam has tons of skills. He's in eighth grade. He receives Learning Support for English and Science because of the reading involved. He's working at grade level in Math and History and is fully included in these and other classes. But he doesn't understand money in a sense bigger than "I save for computer games." We will work on skills of rent and bank accounts and saving up for cars. I am not sure that he would accept a medical treatment that involved pain but would better his life without a lot of support and someone else to make the decision. He can't plan a meal or a grocery list. Although those are skills th...