Process Serving a Mentally handicapped person?

Posted: June 1st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

I am a care taker for a mentally handicapped adult… a gentleman came to the door of the homeowner (her parents) and asked if one of her parents were home…she told them no because they are on vacation in another state. He asked if she was his Daughter and she said yes and closed teh door cause she got scared. She is 32 years old and declared mentally incompetent by the state. When she came and told me about it i went to the door and found the papers stuck in the door. Is this legal to do? She cannot legally accept anything being mentally handicapped. Should i return the summons to the court and tell them they need to try again when the homeowner returns from vacation? what can i do Im not able to be responsible for the summons myself as i am just a care taker. and she is mentally ill….what should we do and is it even legal to just stick a paper in the door?
the homeowner will not be back until christmas time…the paperwork says he is due in court 11/22/2010
Arizona law (where we live) also says the person must be a competant responsible adult who is mentally competent to give the papers to the correct people…she is not mentally competant and nobody even knows im here…i dont want the homeowner to get introuble….like i said they are gone until december and the summons is for november


Follow-up to non-handicapped person parking in a handicapped space?

Posted: May 22nd, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: , , , , , | 6 Comments »

It has been confirmed through law enforcement officials that we may tow a car parked in a handicapped space on private property, even if the car is parked with handicapped plates, and with a hanging placard. We have very limited guest parking, 8 spots, with 1 reserved for handicapped GUESTS. All owners have their own individual space, as well as outside parking on the side of the building, but they may not park in the guest lot. One owner, whose husband is handicapped, parks in the handicapped lot 7 days/week, even when she does not have him in the car. She goes to work, comes home, parks there. Her husband is never seen exiting the vehicle. The board members and association have told her not to park there as a) she is not a guest, and b) she is not using it for his benefit. Our property is marked with signs that say vehicles may be towed. She even went so far as to go on vacation with him for a month, and leave her car parked there. The police say if we sign a complaint, they will ticket the car ($100 fine). We also think we will have the vehicle towed.There are a number of other owners who have handicapped plates, and they don’t park there – not in my 13 years here has anyone so flagrantly taken advantage of the handicapped space. Should we a). Put one of those nice stickers on the drivers side or front window that take 5 hours to get off stating the vehicle is illegally parked (this is legal to do so), b), have the car ticketed, c) have the car towed, or d), all of the above. Note, this is not a one time offense, and they have been given several warnings.


Would Remington provide a discount on an M24 rifle for a legally disabled person a discount no competetitive

Posted: May 5th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Camping | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

disabled american.

Competition like Camp Perry Challenge.


Do you think a disabled person would be qualified to take care of others?

Posted: June 3rd, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Camping | Tags: , , , , , , , | 11 Comments »

I worked at two summer enrichment programs between 2005 and 2006, and one was exclusively for disabled children. And I got these jobs through (temporary summer jobs) a youth employment agency and the weird thing is, these camps were usually composed of disabled children between ages 0-15 and from low income families. But the really weird thing was a lot of the people who got these jobs at these sort of day care places were young, from poor families (14-22), and a few with special needs. A couple of them were severe to the point where they were given non-daycare jobs.

So may question is, what was the point of those summer work experiences of basically putting similar people together but one group was supposed to the caretakers of possibly some people their age? It was weird, I did quit that youth program due to my age and not being able to find suitable work for myself.
Thank you all for the answers so far. But I tend to disagree, working at the disabled camp in particular was very stressful for me and felt like a slap in the face because I grew up on the generation that still had issues with disabled people and viewed them in a bad light. One of the reasons I didn’t return and I went to the “normal” camp the next summer.

And on another note, I just find it odd for a 15-16 year old to be working at a camp where her peers go. To me, you’d think the students would need someone older and not exactly in the same situation, like someone to look up to or aspire to.


Why is a person who has schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type I considered mentally disabled?

Posted: May 14th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Why is a person who has schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type I considered to be mentally disabled? I always thought being mentally disabled means that the person can’t be independent but I think I can if I can get 30% assistance.
I have this mental illness but I am stable with medications. My counselor told me I can’t work because stress makes my illness worse.
Does this mean I have to depend on social security disability for the rest of my life?

I always thought I would be able to live in a big house and have a nice car and take vacations around the world once a year.


Any good vacation ideas for a visually impaired person traveling solo?

Posted: April 19th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Travel For Disabled | Tags: , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

A cruise is a possibility, any other ideas?