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(also known as Daily Living Skills)
Daily living skills include, but are not limited to, using the toilet, bathing oneself, brushing teeth, shaving, managing menstrual care, eating appropriately, washing clothes, using the telephone, preparing meals, and cleaning. In an attempt to get more people with mental retardation out of institutional and residenti... more at Wikipedia

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Overall, 96% (250 Members) find Independent Living Skills helpful
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Independent Living Skills Reviews

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Have my son on a rigorous schedule, He is in a special school, they use some of same schedule. teaching independant living skills daily
some is going better than others
he is really working with this at school and we also work on it in the bath he is now washing his own hair
oh yes. we do the best we can to teach him what he will need to know
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It works, but it depends on how these skills are taught. My parents enrolled me in a really good transition program. I live in my own apartment, I know how to do laundry, I can use transportation independently, I can balance a checkbook; These are all things I couldn't have done if it wasn't for motivation and the program I 'm in.
best thing
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i live on my own.with my 2 dogs and gf..im trying to go t college in march
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This is a must from an early age.
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Working on it daily.
Still working on these
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