<p>Oh dear.
The sweet daughter of a friend had been living at a group home, she is a little older than my youngest ( mid 20’s) & when they were younger they attended school together.
The friends daughter learned to read before my daughter did.
She is intelligent in many ways, but no impulse control. She has had to change group homes several times, for various reasons, but now is also being diagnosed with a mental illness, so she is having to stay in the hospital until someplace is found that is more appropriate.
It was difficult enough to find a nice place for a young developmentally disabled woman, Im afraid it will be very difficult to find one for someone who is also mentally ill.
But the parents feel that if she lives with them, her benefits will be cut by too much and they wont be able to care for her by themselves.
She can be exhausting, but she has a good heart. </p>
<p>I also have an aunt who is developmentally disabled. She was my late fathers half sister, from his father & we rarely saw her. ( her parents were also divorced, & I don’t really remember ever meeting his father)
She married when she was in her late '20’s and she and her husband live in a nice resort town by themselves.
( although they have people checking on them)
They are happy and have had a good life.
It is challenging I know, but there are always challenges.</p>