STATE WORKERS IN INDIANA SUGGEST HOMELESS SHELTERS FOR AUTISTIC ADULT CHILDREN AS AN ALTERNATIVE, AS A RESULT OF INDIANA'S BUDGET CRUNCH.
http://blog.ncpad.org/2010/11/01/indiana-state-workers-suggest-dropping-adults-with-developmental-disabilities-at-homeless-shelters/
Indiana state legislator were told that its state workers suggested that parents of developmentally disabled and autistic adult children drop them off at homeless shelters, if they cannot be cared for at home.
Becky Holladay was under the impression and thought that her son, Cameron, who is 22 years old, who has autism, epilepsy, and ADHD was on a waiting list for a Medicaid waiver since 1996, but discovered that his name was never added to the list. When Holladay responded " What are we to do?", the voice on the other end said "Take him to a homeless shelter and drop him off." This was what Holladay gave to Indiana Commission on Developmental Disabilities. Commission Rep. Suzanne Crouch responded that being told to go to homeless shelters is "deplorable", and says that is "not" an "option nor solution". This all comes after Indiana's state budget crunch in 2010.
But officials of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration says the agency knows of no instances where an employee has suggested a homeless shelter. The FSSA spokesman Marcus Barlow states it is against the agency's policy to suggest homeless shelter for the disabled, and any employee that does will be disciplined or possibly fired. Barlow also stated that the agency offer Holladay several options, such as group homes, and institutional care, but Holladay has refused those options. Holladay told legislators that she wants her son to continue to live at home, but needs help caring for her son during the day so she and her husband can work. Currently, her son Cameron, sits outside in his dad's pickup truck outside his father's workplace, all day. What do you think?
If you had a son or daughter with autism, and needed help caring for them, but couldn't get help, would you take them to a homeless shelter and drop them off?????
Please leave you comments on the site, or email me at [email protected] or follow me on facebook, Daniel Clark.
Becky Holladay was under the impression and thought that her son, Cameron, who is 22 years old, who has autism, epilepsy, and ADHD was on a waiting list for a Medicaid waiver since 1996, but discovered that his name was never added to the list. When Holladay responded " What are we to do?", the voice on the other end said "Take him to a homeless shelter and drop him off." This was what Holladay gave to Indiana Commission on Developmental Disabilities. Commission Rep. Suzanne Crouch responded that being told to go to homeless shelters is "deplorable", and says that is "not" an "option nor solution". This all comes after Indiana's state budget crunch in 2010.
But officials of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration says the agency knows of no instances where an employee has suggested a homeless shelter. The FSSA spokesman Marcus Barlow states it is against the agency's policy to suggest homeless shelter for the disabled, and any employee that does will be disciplined or possibly fired. Barlow also stated that the agency offer Holladay several options, such as group homes, and institutional care, but Holladay has refused those options. Holladay told legislators that she wants her son to continue to live at home, but needs help caring for her son during the day so she and her husband can work. Currently, her son Cameron, sits outside in his dad's pickup truck outside his father's workplace, all day. What do you think?
If you had a son or daughter with autism, and needed help caring for them, but couldn't get help, would you take them to a homeless shelter and drop them off?????
Please leave you comments on the site, or email me at [email protected] or follow me on facebook, Daniel Clark.