Where I live, the heavily autistic people or other mental disorders usually move out of their parents home long before the parents die.
They get social security payments and pay rent.
If they need assistance, they’ll usually choose to live in condos along with other handicapped people, where services is hired as part of the rent. This can be structured in many ways. For instance as an institution owned by the municipality, as a privately owned institution, or as a self-owning institution which is becoming more popular.
Regardless of the ownership, the institution or community gets paid by the government and is subject to the same laws.
Anyway, nevermind the details, the government pays for everything in the end. The point is that handicapped people are not legally incapacitated. They have the same rights as everyone else.
In severe cases, they can be financially incapacitated. Autistic people usually don’t need to, but if so they will then be appointed a legal financial guardian. From experience, I can only stress that it is most beneficial to have a legal guardian that is NOT family. The reason is that handicapped people get a modest social security cheque to cover their expenses. However being disabled and all, they don’t really spend a lot of money, so unfortunately family members acting as guardians find opportunities to start leeching. Disgusting, I know, but it’s unfortunately what happens when they get pursuaded to let a distant cousin to run their finances…
In case you were asking about minors losing their parents, they’ll be placed in foster care. Autistic or not.
Where I live, the heavily autistic people or other mental disorders usually move out of their parents home long before the parents die.
They get social security payments and pay rent. If they need assistance, they’ll usually choose to live in condos along with other handicapped people, where services is hired as part of the rent. This can be structured in many ways. For instance as an institution owned by the municipality, as a privately owned institution, or as a self-owning institution which is becoming more popular. Regardless of the ownership, the institution or community gets paid by the government and is subject to the same laws.
Anyway, nevermind the details, the government pays for everything in the end. The point is that handicapped people are not legally incapacitated. They have the same rights as everyone else.
In severe cases, they can be financially incapacitated. Autistic people usually don’t need to, but if so they will then be appointed a legal financial guardian. From experience, I can only stress that it is most beneficial to have a legal guardian that is NOT family. The reason is that handicapped people get a modest social security cheque to cover their expenses. However being disabled and all, they don’t really spend a lot of money, so unfortunately family members acting as guardians find opportunities to start leeching. Disgusting, I know, but it’s unfortunately what happens when they get pursuaded to let a distant cousin to run their finances…
In case you were asking about minors losing their parents, they’ll be placed in foster care. Autistic or not.