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In reply to the discussion: Neighbors sue to declare autistic boy a public nuisance [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)children out of the institutions into the communities. That property value issue was raised there also. Neighbors did not want group homes in their neighborhood. The expected drop in the value of other homes in the neighborhood never happened.
One of my granddaughters owns a home right next to a couple who have twin boys with special needs problems. The boys are very mean to each other and sometimes to the neighborhood children. This couple also did the same things to stop their boys activity but it did not stop it totally. The family built a huge fenced in back yard for the boys and they play there most of the time. When they do interact with the neighborhood children there is always a PCA present.
My great grandson who is big enough to protect himself from the boys has started playing basketball with them. The neighborhood works together to solve the problems.