“The government will help pay for our son’s social skill classes and give him some spending money? Really? Will my son qualify”

Those were just some of questions that fellow parents asked me, over a round of beers and chicken wings at the local bowling alley last Friday night. Our five boys can manage college classes, but can’t decide as a group how to split the cost of a plate of nachos. So, we parents stayed in the background, having our beers at the bar, and swooped in from time to time to manage their collective action problems. At the same time, I told them about Ian’s new government benefits.

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