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When your disabled adult child wants to get married

My adult daughter with intellectual disabilities wants to get married to her boyfriend from her program and I want to be happy for her but I am terrified about what that means.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The universal milestone of marriage creates complex questions about capacity, protection, and the right to make choices that carry risks.

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