Many of you know my adult SS20 who lives with us full time is/has Autistic, Bi-Polar, GAD, ADHD. We tried to get disability for him when he turned 18 and were rejected even though his school, psychologist and job coach all told us they recommended it when they were questioned. We filed for an appeal, which was "lost" and DH and I just didn't follow back up like we should have because of everything going on with SS15. 

We have a meeting with a lawyer today to start the process of getting adult guardianship of SS20. Has anyone else been through this process? We briefly discussed doing it back when he turned 18 but decided against it and tried to work with him more to see if he would be "launchable" at some point. Now that I have lived with him for 2 years and been involved with his job coach, rehabilitation mediator, counselor, etc- we have all collectively decided that it is time do just do it. We want to get it done before he is 21 and drops off of DH's insurance as well. The military won't let you keep children on after 21 if they aren't enrolled in college. 

We need to go through and file for disability again for him as well. He is working but makes under the cut off, so we should qualify, but we should have before as well. I would think that him losing his rights to be an adult essentially would help in his SSDI case as well, but who knows...