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Old Sep 14, 2013, 02:26 PM
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Both of your responses are very helpful. My daughter didn't learn to drive until she was 27. We knew there were problems but went the standard route...to a pdoc who said she was depressed...no joke...her father were in a very difficult divorce. Moving to a new town went better than I expected since we moved to town I grew up in, so she had automatic friends, relatives, etc. Very small town in S.Georgia.
Diagnosed at age 21, the further tests with neurologist to pin down SI, and along with that she is rapid cycling bipolar.
I am quite proud of her. She is now 30 and has developed amazing coping skills. She uses a service dog and is developing a non-profit agency (for lack of a better term) to help others with neurological problems train their own service dogs.
Dogs are her passion, and she is quite knowledgeable about them. That is one topic she can readily talk about because the service dog community is spread out and they largely communicate via internet. She's developed skills in task training and in choosing an appropriate service dog and she's been called to assist several people in this already.
Her major stressor is that her landlord has put the house they rent on the market. It's a very old house, and tiny, and he's asking way too much for it, but it has her worried. She's trying to find new housing, and because she has service dogs they have to pay a rent premium. I wish I could help her, but not much I can do since she's 4 hours away.
Thanks again for your comments. I thought I had an accurate read and you really helped make it clear.
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