To be honest I wonder the same thing. My mother in law raised a handicapped child and she could answer your questions much better than I. Here is her blog, http://askcatheryn.blogspot.com/
If you click on her profile, she has a contact email. Best wishes.
no
Because they are too young physically challanged and mentally challenged or they are too old,
Candy is old, Crooks has a messed up back, and Lennie is Slow (mentally challenged)
It may be reason for an appeal, but frankly, a 17 year old can be charged as an adult in many cases. If the court views the crime as an "adult crime", and the 17 year old is mentally competent, he may be transferred to the adult system.
The best place for a 41 year old mentally retarded person is where their caretaker believes they should be. There is nothing wrong with an older person living with family, but if the family feels that they cannot provide adequate care, they should look into a home or hospital.
Unless this 20 year old girl is complaining about him bothering her, then it's really no one's business. There are so many misconceptions about mentally challenged people. Some are worse than others and many can live on their own, work eventually, and lead fairly normal lives. He may just like the idea of falling in love and Lord only knows that's all he may have left. It's advisable if he isn't bothering this young woman to stay out of it. To tell him he is mentally challenged beyond a reasonable life is sticking a knife into him and may set him back. In many cases mentally challenged people will fall in love with each other and even marry and be quite happy. He may just get lucky.
Charlie Gordon was not in grade school. He was a 32-year-old, mentally challenged adult who attended the Beekman College Center for Retarded Adults.
Cabbagehead is, according to Merriam Webster Dictionary, a "Thick Witted" person. Urban Dictionary is saying it's a slow person or mentally challenged, but I'm not sure that is actually used as such. It's an old expression from way way back that grandparents used in a much more PG world.
A 13 year old can make a decision regarding who to live with if her mom dies and her dad is mentally disabled. She will need to petition the family courts to make a legal declaration.
There were 4 groups of men who didn't have to go to war in the British Army. These were the sick men, the old men, the mentally challenged men, and the physically disabled men.
No, they can't. Any minor under the age of 18 period cannot be questioned by authorities. It's considered illegal.
yes but she has to live with a parent