My parents were his care giver but they passed away in a car accident a year ago and I had to take over. I am 24 and he is 21. I am working on getting him into a home for people more suited to care for him but it is slow going. Last time he was institutionalized he went downhill fast and nearly died from refusing to eat. He hates being out of his element and he doesn’t understand needing to adjust. I have papers from his doctors. He has severe autism with ID and can’t be left alone. He will repeat things and mimic what people say. He also has epilepsy and has long lasting tonic-clinic seizures. They are some what controlled by medication but he often needs an emergency medication because they sometimes run longer than 5 to 10 min. It is diastat that is given rectally.
Yesterday, he wandered off and took some things from a store. When officers came he put up a fight. He is tall and massive because he loves to work out but he hates to be touched. He has a medical alert that says call me because he has autism and seizures that he wears but no one looked at it. They took him in. He has a tracker but I didn’t notice and get there quick enough.
I tried to bring papers to the jail but they said they have to have their medical professionals assess him. They have yet to do that. He has had three seizures so far. He needs his medicine. He is refusing to eat because he has an issue with consistency. He doesn’t seem to know what is going on and he has admitted to things he couldn’t possibly ever have done. He keeps fighting people who try to touch him.
I talked to the store and offered to pay them for the items but they said this wasn’t there doing. It was the police because he resisted and swung at the officers.
He is obviously ID. I am not sure how they could talk to him and not know. He can’t write his name. He can’t spell it. He rocks back and forth all the time and speaks to himself.
One of the country jail staff seems sympathetic because they help me with getting information and call me when he has a seizure but there is only so much they can do. They just call a tech every time he has a seizure who checks his blood pressure and breathing after and apparently doesn’t see any issue with any of this. He gets asked if he is okay and he says “okay” but he just repeats what people say. It is pretty much what he does other than when he demands things like I a particular food. I am scared another inmate will notice and take advantage of him.
I feel awful that I wasn’t looking and he wandered off. This is my fault.
What do I do? Obviously he shouldn’t steal things but he doesn’t actually know you shouldn’t. They can’t take a confession from him right? Since he just says what people want him to say?
Would a lawyer be able to get him medication? If someone asks him if he is guilty he will say whatever they want him to say. He does that. He repeats and loves to people please. He isn’t even his own guardian. I am. I have no idea what I am doing.
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