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I am an Aspie looking at going into a grouphome but i am not sure if it is the right thing for me

I would hate to be in one of those places. Shoving people together is simply segregating them and insulating them from others. It's the same mindset that leads to 'gated communities' and all the rest.

Would someone be willing to explain a group home for those who do not know?

Ever hear of The ARC? Or similar organizations that help the disabled? They run places called "group homes," where a number of folks live together under 24/7 supervision in a homelike environment (often, an actual house). I worked in one for a couple months. The workers do just about everything: laundry, cooking, giving meds, and in some cases, even bathing.

There are group homes for autistic people, but far as I know from a friend who worked at one, those who live there are pretty low-functioning.

Could anyone who's lived in a group home please post your experiences with them here? I'd like to hear a first hand account about the conditions of the house, what facilities were provided, etc. Thanks!

Unless there is a reason you think you can't take care of yourself then I would advise against it.

It's no good. my dad looked into sending me to one, but they wouldnt take me because i was too high functioning.

Some are wonderful some are awful.I know of one that just provides a safe place to live. The residents are responsible for taking their own meds and doing their own laundary.Chores and cooking and such are shared, like a commune. There are somany bottom feeders out there who would embezzle any SSI check they can get their hands on that these group homes provide a safer alternative, at least they are suppose to. I worked in a group home for children for 18 years. But we took care of children, not adults.

this name is just really a better word than being instutitionised which of corse only happens with the low funcioning and of corse i say your high funcioning. i would hate to be instutionlised anyway, why do you want to go in one anyway?

I lived in a Residential Treatment Center, which is a type of group home, when I was 14-15. I was there for around a year and a half. It was absolutely the worst thing ever for me, and once I got out, I spent the next 9 years avoiding all forms of psychiatric treatment, all therapists, all medications, everything...for fear that I'd have to go back to another place like that. I still have nightmares about it.

I agree with many of you. It sounds like a euphemism for institutionalization. To me, it would sound like failure.

i nearly ended up in one, and possibly still could end up in one if the NAS cant find any other suitable place for me. i would never be able to cope, as i can't cope with shared living arrangements, i'd just be stressed out all the time

Why on earth would you want to be in a group home? If you go to one, you would not have your freedom. Would you want to be told what to do and what to eat and when to go to bed and how to spend your time? I sure wouldn't. I like going to bed whenever I want and watching any shows I want and doing what I want. I wouldn't want someone telling me I can't watch a certain TV show because it's too violent and crude and I sure wouldn't want to be told I can't play videogames right now. Having my own place is more convenient.

I'd hate to be living in a Group Home. A Group Home to me, is just a glorified institution. I'd hate be be away from my friends and family, being ordered around in some Group Home, 24/7. I'm a very independent individual. Let's keep it that way.

I almost went to one. They told me that I would eventually have to learn how to cook for other people. That scares me, I just can't do it so I went back to live with my parents.

I know how to cook for other people. There isn't much of a selection when I cook. You better like spaghetti, smothered burritos, and chili.