Services is a term that is used with people with Autism and other disabilities. It is a term used to describe the types of help that people who support people with disabilities may be able to access. The term ’services’ is usually used to describe types of help which are accessed through the assistance of public agencies. The term services is short for Home and Community Based Services. Home and Community Based Services is designed to keep our loved ones with Autism and other disabilities at home or maybe in their own home. Services are used to keep people with Autism from having to be institutionalized when they do not need to be.
Many people with disabilities need a little support to be able to live on their own. Some people with disabilities need a lot of support to be able to live on their own. Parents may also need support to be able to keep their children with disabilities at home. Support services can be a person to help with supervision when a parent is at work. It can be assistance with cooking and washing clothes for an adult with Autism. That adult can be living in their own home or in their parents home.
Sometimes services are financial help that may be available to the person with a disability. Of course as with any type of support this is usually limited. Once again though, people with disabilities like Autism may need only a little support to continue to live in the community.
Services for people with disabilities are located in different agencies from one state to the next. Typically you are looking for an agency such as Department of Health and Hospitals and Department of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities. Those public agencies should at least get a parent or professional started in the right direction to finding available services.
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Mylinda Elliott is the parent of five children. The third of the five has Autism which was diagnosed early on. The fourth of the five children has Aspergers. She is a self taught expert on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Mylinda Elliott has also worked professionally in the disability world for the past fifteen years. She is considered the “Go To” woman for advice or resources on disabilities.
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