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Right now i am living in a travel trailer in the mountains of Colorado. That is very likely to end quite soon. I own a home in eastern Colorado [boonies,flat. tornado alley, no public transportation, few jobs] that I rent out because I cannot afford the mortgage, plus, I don't drive anyway.
I have been looking at the possibility of selling my home in the next year or 2[sooner if I can't find somewhere to park my trailer] and buying a slightly larger one near public transportation and facilities.
I am hoping[definitely in the beginning, fantasy phase] to have roommates who are on the spectrum. I am old, also ill, and have a son on the spectrum as well. I would love if he was able to live with others in the same general age range. As long as I'm healthy enough[no expiration date stamped on my body, as the oncologist constantly reminds me] I would love to be a house grandmom. I am a great cook, and by the time i'm gone hopefully we will have a fully functioning household of creatively wired young [or youngish] people.
What do you all[of COURSE all 75,000 of you] think about something like that? Heck, we could publicize and hopefully that would attract similar households and we would be "encrouching" all over the place.
Like I said, just thinking...looking for input.

Seriously, for pioneers without alot of financial assistance, wouldn't that be the best way to build a community, one home at a time?[ of course when purchasing the original home it would be important to make sure there are no restrictions disallowing non-related persons from living together.]

There is so much talk about what is going to happen to so many of the "grown up" Auties ,some not quite capable of living independently without a little help from their friends, and some just wanting to be around people who understand them.

First house, maybe high functioning, second house[as the neighbors all put their homes on the market in horror] maybe individuals who need caregivers. whatever.

I am much less interested in "why we can't' and much more interested in "how we can." If anyone would be interested, of course.

Sounds like a really great idea, if you can handle being in a big noisy house all the time! I love the idea of a house Grandmom, too. I think, when I am old enough to move out (or when I finish college, which I may not even start for three more years!) and get my own place, I will live somewhere quiet with only one roommate, who maybe will not be on the spectrum because I have been told I am a difficult person to share a house with and I don't want to have a difficult person in my house all the time! Plus, what if his/ her melt down causes me to melt down? I am just a big worry wort, though... maybe you could really make that work, with the right people! Good luck and, as we say in my home town, best wishes!

I live in Boulder. Just as soon as I'm working I'll be looking for living arrangements, and I'm a software guy so I'd stand a chance of upgrading your own. PM me so I remember to keep you posted!

edit: Not such a shabby cook myself. I use wine, and sometimes even put it in the food!

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