Anyone here have trouble getting services?

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01 Apr 2008, 5:16 pm

DDD is taking forever to classify me. They have been dragging there feet for a year and half. Anyone here have trouble getting services?

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01 Apr 2008, 5:25 pm

YES. Our county sucks. Services here are severely lacking. Took me FIVE MONTHS to get my son speech therapy and I have to pay entirely out of pocket - not a cheap date. There is NO occupational therapy available. No one in their right mind chooses to live here willingly.

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01 Apr 2008, 5:48 pm

I would love to belong to a support group for Adult Aspies, but there is only one for children in my town. I did see where there was supposedly something for Adults with AS to meet for lunch once a month, so I'm going to check that out.

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01 Apr 2008, 5:54 pm

what services? I got the service of getting a DX and then the service of "if you want to come talk about how miserable it is to be aspie,we can listen twice a month"...

well that is very sweet of you but could you clean and orginize my apartment and help me get a a job that isn't killing me?

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01 Apr 2008, 6:38 pm

krex wrote:

dvr and ddd can get you job training and job placement

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02 Apr 2008, 5:22 am

Generally the services in Australia are OK - although it varies from state to state. The biggest problem is support for adults on the Spectrum who can't work - they fall through the cracks in the system in a big way.

Myself included.

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02 Apr 2008, 9:02 am

nightbender wrote:

krex wrote:

dvr and ddd can get you job training and job placement

Not job placement... you misunderstood. The job placement are more for people with mental disability and the it like putting bottlecap on a bottle.

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02 Apr 2008, 9:03 am

hartzofspace wrote:

Look up Asperger in www.meetup.com, it a good place to start looking.

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02 Apr 2008, 9:12 am

Nope.

It was easy enough to get on a disability pension for me here in Oz; ASDs qualify one for such after you meet a government psycho and they assess your functioning. They also help find you a job that's suited to your disability if you're able to work.

Naturally, my mother had to do most of it (all of the talking; I filled out the forms).

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