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Power of attorney .

NAS67112

Hi , finally my 17 yr old has been diagnosed.

ASD with low processing and understanding. Diagnosed at Great Ormand Street. They say son needs to be referred to Youth offending team . 
anyone know what they do ?

Also I think although son looks like he can understand and deal with issues such as health and money ,he can’t and I was wondering how I keep being his legal parent beyond 18 yrs . So I get included in anything that involves my son ? 
please could someone advice what is required and how to do it ? 
huge thanks.

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  • One would assume that youth offending teams relate to criminality of some sort - but that’s not a medical referral so I am a little perplexed on that one unless I’m totally misunderstanding this.

    As for power of attorney, it’s a tricky one as at very least you’d need one or more letters from professionals recommending this on the basis that your child lacks the capacity to safely make decisions for themselves on money etc. Without that I doubt banks would agree because there needs to be some burden of proof to satisfy them. I would however say to be careful that you don’t stifle too much of their independence as at some stage, without being morbid, you won’t be around to manage money etc - so I wouldn’t recommend this as a long term solution. 

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  • One would assume that youth offending teams relate to criminality of some sort - but that’s not a medical referral so I am a little perplexed on that one unless I’m totally misunderstanding this.

    As for power of attorney, it’s a tricky one as at very least you’d need one or more letters from professionals recommending this on the basis that your child lacks the capacity to safely make decisions for themselves on money etc. Without that I doubt banks would agree because there needs to be some burden of proof to satisfy them. I would however say to be careful that you don’t stifle too much of their independence as at some stage, without being morbid, you won’t be around to manage money etc - so I wouldn’t recommend this as a long term solution. 

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  • in reply to Anthony

    Thank you for reply. My son has been used by local **** (can’t think of suitable term !) kids to shop lift and hold onto a knife and drugs in order to make friends and not understanding the position he was in and unable to communicate through fear  of all they promised to do to him if he told.

    He also had a moment with a young lady that became uncomfortable as he did not understand go away, he followed her more to find out why ! 

    the police said next time regardless of ASD he will be treated as an adult, which scares me to death as I guess he’s mentally around 8 . Hence youth offending team.