Q: My son is about to turn 18 years old and he is special needs, what are our options so I can keep caring for him?
My beautiful boy have ASD high functioning, and we have talk about transition, he wants to stay at home and keep further his education (which is great), we also talk about a legal way so I can keep helping him for longer (on legal and medical matters especially) since he doesn't feels ready (he is very intelligent but he feels and act younger than his age), I was reading about Guardianship and seems to restrictive, and I was wondering what other legal remedies are there that we can use to make sure I can continue to care for him for as long as he needed or wish to be helped, in a way were it will be easy for him to regain his rights and freedoms as soon as he feels ready or in case something happens to me, so he can be free and no dependent on a stranger for his care. (Is just the 2 of us), and if you guys can include, what each option implies for both of us, and a general idea of the cost and paperwork needed that will be great. Thank you in advance.
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