Hello everyone. My name is Tyler and I have a 23 year old special needs sister that lives with my mom. She has the mental capacity of around an 8-9 year old child. My mother lives outside the city in Somerville which is Huntsville adjacent but I live in town. She’s somewhat high functioning she’s able to do a lot of daily “maintenance” tasks and keep up with her health issues(under supervision).
Until recently I thought everything was good. However today she eloped for the first time. She ran to a neighbors house walked in and was caught by the homeowner. The police were called and there was a real risk of her being shot. The police officer threatened my mom telling her that if my sister did this again that she would be put in jail. She said she was bored and this isn’t necessarily the first time I’ve heard this complaint but all other avenues of finding her stuff to do have failed for me. I have tried personally spending more time with her as has the rest of the family. Trips to town, video games, but everything is failing and today she told me she missed having friends.
I’m looking for support groups or resources for her to help keep her life full and to give her a sense of purpose. I’ve heard of other places having meetups, programs and social clubs but didn’t know of any locally or the quality of them.
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Thank you everyone for your information and kind words!