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This Chronicle Herald story by Mary Ellen MacIntyre , shows an example of a system out of kilter. It is a good case for a good lawyer, because at this point, that is what Landon needs. That is the objective of this page. He could be any one of us... <Landon Webb says he is competent and wants testing conducted to prove his point. Then his running will be over, and he can be reunited with his girlfriend and their children, he said. The 25-year-old was the subject of several missing person alerts over the last couple of months after he left the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre in Waterville where he lived for two years. Webb is living in another rehabilitation facility in Nova Scotia, and he recently spoke to The Chronicle Herald about his life and hopes for the future. “This past summer, I worked picking strawberries, blueberries and apples, and I saved money. I was rarely (at the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre) because I was working every day, and finally they said I didn’t need to be there anymore.” Webb said he used that money to leave the facility and take a series of buses to Edmonton after his parents, Brenda and Darrell Webb of Merigomish, Pictou County, fought his discharge from the facility. The couple appealed to the centre to keep their son, saying they were not able to provide the care he needed. Although he said he had a job in Edmonton, his parents convinced him to come home. He said he understood he would be going back to Pictou County. “They picked me up in Truro and then told me I had to go to a facility, and so I left again,” he said. He was finally picked up by police in Stellarton on Wednesday. “They arrested me, put me in the jail for about an hour and a half, handcuffed me like I was a criminal. “I never did anything wrong. I don’t even have a criminal record.”Webb doesn’t have a bad word to say about his parents. He does, however, suggest his mother is “overprotective.” He said he believes she has concerns for his health. “I have epilepsy, but it’s controlled. I have a heart disease, but I can run and walk and play sports. And I’m supposed to have anxiety, and I’ve been taking (medication) for anxiety since I was aged 12.” The one thing he doesn’t have is an education. “I was pulled out of school in Grade 2 because my mother demanded a full-time aid for me in school and said I should be on the handicapped bus, but the school board didn’t have the money for the aid and I didn’t want one. “I didn’t know what to say to my friends; I had to leave them all.” Webb said the years between Grade 2 and Grade 5 were spent watching cartoons on television. “And drinking pop”. By Grade 5, Webb was put back in school but pulled out once again by the end of Grade 6. Brenda Webbhas told reporters her son has the intellectual ability of a 10- to 12-year-old, but he disputes that. “I’ve been around a lot of 12-year-olds, and they’re pretty immature,” he said. When he turned 18, Webb left home and got an apartment in Pictou County with his girlfriend. “I had a job detailing cars for a car lot, and I took such pride in that. It was a job that I really loved.” The next year, he was declared incompetent, and it was ordered that his parents become his legal guardians. “My parents said they were afraid I would get hurt or I would hurt somebody or I would get drawn into crime because I’m easy to fool,” Webb said. “I’m actually a leader.” He described how he convinced a group of people they could earn some money this fall by helping him pick apples, working together. “I had an apple-picking team,” he said, smiling.Brenda Webb, when contacted Friday, took exception to a reporter interviewing her son, saying it was inappropriate because he is incompetent. Webb said he will do everything he can to get rid of that label. “Some people can work and have an apartment and do anything anybody else does, but they might need help budgeting their money or something else. “It doesn’t mean they are incompetent and need to be in places like this.” Webb said he figures he has a right to free speech and the right to live where he chooses. “Just like anyone else.” >
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This Chronicle Herald story by Mary Ellen MacIntyre , shows an example of a system out of kilter. It is a good case for a good lawyer, because at this point, that is what Landon needs. That is the objective of this page. He could be any one of us... <Landon Webb says he is competent and wants testing conducted to prove his point. Then his running will be over, and he can be reunited with his girlfriend and their children, he said. The 25-year-old was the subject of several missing person alerts over the last couple of months after he left the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre in Waterville where he lived for two years. Webb is living in another rehabilitation facility in Nova Scotia, and he recently spoke to The Chronicle Herald about his life and hopes for the future. “This past summer, I worked picking strawberries, blueberries and apples, and I saved money. I was rarely (at the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre) because I was working every day, and finally they said I didn’t need to be there anymore.” Webb said he used that money to leave the facility and take a series of buses to Edmonton after his parents, Brenda and Darrell Webb of Merigomish, Pictou County, fought his discharge from the facility. The couple appealed to the centre to keep their son, saying they were not able to provide the care he needed. Although he said he had a job in Edmonton, his parents convinced him to come home. He said he understood he would be going back to Pictou County. “They picked me up in Truro and then told me I had to go to a facility, and so I left again,” he said. He was finally picked up by police in Stellarton on Wednesday. “They arrested me, put me in the jail for about an hour and a half, handcuffed me like I was a criminal. “I never did anything wrong. I don’t even have a criminal record.”Webb doesn’t have a bad word to say about his parents. He does, however, suggest his mother is “overprotective.” He said he believes she has concerns for his health. “I have epilepsy, but it’s controlled. I have a heart disease, but I can run and walk and play sports. And I’m supposed to have anxiety, and I’ve been taking (medication) for anxiety since I was aged 12.” The one thing he doesn’t have is an education. “I was pulled out of school in Grade 2 because my mother demanded a full-time aid for me in school and said I should be on the handicapped bus, but the school board didn’t have the money for the aid and I didn’t want one. “I didn’t know what to say to my friends; I had to leave them all.” Webb said the years between Grade 2 and Grade 5 were spent watching cartoons on television. “And drinking pop”. By Grade 5, Webb was put back in school but pulled out once again by the end of Grade 6. Brenda Webbhas told reporters her son has the intellectual ability of a 10- to 12-year-old, but he disputes that. “I’ve been around a lot of 12-year-olds, and they’re pretty immature,” he said. When he turned 18, Webb left home and got an apartment in Pictou County with his girlfriend. “I had a job detailing cars for a car lot, and I took such pride in that. It was a job that I really loved.” The next year, he was declared incompetent, and it was ordered that his parents become his legal guardians. “My parents said they were afraid I would get hurt or I would hurt somebody or I would get drawn into crime because I’m easy to fool,” Webb said. “I’m actually a leader.” He described how he convinced a group of people they could earn some money this fall by helping him pick apples, working together. “I had an apple-picking team,” he said, smiling.Brenda Webb, when contacted Friday, took exception to a reporter interviewing her son, saying it was inappropriate because he is incompetent. Webb said he will do everything he can to get rid of that label. “Some people can work and have an apartment and do anything anybody else does, but they might need help budgeting their money or something else. “It doesn’t mean they are incompetent and need to be in places like this.” Webb said he figures he has a right to free speech and the right to live where he chooses. “Just like anyone else.” >
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money collected will go towards helping Landon pay for a compentency test at a cost of around $7000.00 please share!
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