Comedian Joel McHale and his wife are stepping up to continue custody of their adult autistic son, by filing for conservatorship for him.
According to legal documents, obtained by The Blast, Joel and Sarah McHale asked a judge at the Los Angeles County Court to grant them conservatorship over their 18-year-old son – Edward Roy McHale – so they can continue his medical work. treatment and education.
As you know, McHale has been very open about his son’s diagnosis and treatment and detailed the situation in interviews with the media.
In many situations like this, after a person becomes an adult, their medical information and treatment becomes confidential — even to their parents. Conservatorship is necessary for an individual’s parents to be involved in their medical care or to make important decisions about their lives.
Joel McHale Details To Court Why He Needs Conservatorship For His Son
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In the filing, Joel requested the ability to “access confidential records and papers, the right to contract for a limited conservatee, the power to give or withhold medical consent, and the power to make decisions about the limited conservatee’s education. .”
Specifically, McHale touched on her son’s special needs, saying “his primary diagnosis is Autism, with ADHD, and anxiety.”
The good news is that Edward has signed a consent form to make his parents conservators, and his signature was included in the request to the court.
Back in 2021, ‘The Soup’ host opened up about her son’s diagnosis including having two holes in his heart as a baby. The comedian and his wife welcomed Eddie in 2005 and learned of his serious issues at 2 weeks old. The comedian shared he bonded with Jimmy Kimmel over his son Billy’s diagnosis of congenital heart disease.
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McHale spoke candidly on the ‘Meditative Stories’ podcast about what he did when his wife called him with the news. “I was left out of the audition. I had the script in my hand and I was about to go in when my wife Sarah called me. Sarah is at the pediatrician with our 2 week old son Eddie. We’re in a phase of parenting where it feels like you’re at the doctor every day — but immediately I heard something very different in his voice,” she began.
He continued, Sarah explaining how the doctor heard “some kind of heart murmur,” and that Eddie needed to see a specialist right away.
“Well, if I get this job, I’ll have enough money to pay for whatever happens with Eddie,” McHale described feeling at the time.
Unfortunately, Eddie needed heart surgery to repair the issue and the comedian explained, “Before the surgery, our friends and family would say things like, ‘We’re sorry this happened to you. I’m sorry,’” he said. “Here on the pediatric cardiology floor, other parents say, and I’m not kidding, ‘Oh we hope that our child has your child’s problem.’ And they say it nicely and warmly.”
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Adding, “After months of feeling unlucky and facing terrible challenges, I realized that we are the lucky ones. It looks very strange because it looks like, luckily, one elevator goes up and the other goes down.”
After a successful surgery, Eddie was diagnosed with Autism, severe dyslexia and ADHD.
At this point, the conservatorship has to be signed by a judge — but, it shouldn’t be an issue since Eddie signed off on the situation.
A great man. A great father. Period.
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