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Our two special needs children are chronologically fully adult now. The challenges they face are increasingly complex but their capabilities have likewise grown.As in the past their challenges are not unique to adults with a life history of cognitive and/our neurological disorders and diversities. They are, however, more vulnerable than most adults to social media predators who focus on loneliness and relationship frustration. I have a thought on what to do about that, but first I need to provide some context for people who don ' t live in this world.In the past I had more control over our children ' s online actives. That is no longer true, most of what they do online is their own affair. That ' s partly because managing online activities at any age is very difficult; parents and guardians fight against vast economic forces with little support from Apple or Google. Mostly though it ' s because they want and deserve the right to make choices, including bad choices.The bad choices including falling victim to loneliness exploits. Being alone socially and sexually is one of the biggest hardships of adults with cognitive disorders. This is an intractable problem. Cognitively disabled males outnumber females by a large margin (the curse of the stunted Y chromosome) and social interactions including friendships and sexual relationships are almost always cognitively matched. Additionally friendship creation and maintenance requires significant social and cognitive skills.Loneli...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - Category: Disability Tags: adult cognitive impairment crime education policy support Source Type: blogs