Re: “My 82-year old dad scammed”. All of my clients have at least one disability, a developmental disability. Many of them have multiple disabilities. One day, I stopped by to check on one, we’ll call him Michael. As I come into his home, Michael announces he has a great new smartphone, tablet, and super-fast internet service. Michael is on a fixed income, and cannot afford 10% of what all this must cost. As you might imagine, Michael received a call from a major telephone company marketer. With Michael’s permission, I contacted the marketer and attempted to explain the impossibility of collecting on all of what he ‘sold’ to Michael. The marketer appeared to be about 22 years old or so, and was looking forward to the larrrge commission for all this stuff. I tried and tried to calmly get through to this guy that the likelihood of payment was slim and none, and even more importantly, was wrong, as Michael does not have much money. What money he does receive each month barely covers his basic needs. The marketer just would not acquiesce, so I brought up the ADA Americans with Disabilities Act. I described the really negative publicity that would result should he insist upon trying to collect from a disabled person. The marketer’s supervisor joined the discussion, quickly realized that the marketer was in way over his head. She stated that the sale and 2-year contract would be canceled.
Wow, interesting. Thanks. The thing is my dad is disabled but he refuses to see a neurologist and gets very vicious whenever we suggest it. I think he’s afraid of what they may discover, but he definitely has some form of dementia. He forgets and his sense of logic, suspicion is completely warped.