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Does a sex offender qualify for disability?

I would like to know if any of you know if my son, who is a sex offender, qualifies for disability. I have read somewhere on the web that he fits the legal terms for a disabled person because of the restrictive laws that keep him from obtaining a job. We are trying to find a way to let him live life on his own without relying on us for everything. I appreciate your answers in advance.

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  • wizjp
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    inability to avoid comitting a criminal act is not going to be a disbility status issue.

    No more than a repeat felon is disabled.

    If he can prove insanity, he might have a base there. Of course, then they lock him up.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    "legal terms for a disabled person because of the restrictive laws that keep him from obtaining a job"

    What you read you've taken in the completely wrong context. The whole passage does NOT apply to sex offenders, he's not disabled and their are places that will hire them.

    Trust me - as a government, we're not going to reward felons by giving them an easy out with disability since they can't find a job, our solution is to tell them to keep looking.

  • Jay
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No, that does not fit the definition of disability.

  • Chuck
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You could try kicking him in the ***, perhaps he'd then go out and find a job, thus ending his dependence on you.

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