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Originally posted by Rhadamanthus
I have a child with autism. He is only 6 years old but I can tell you that the past 6 years of my life have been total chaos. Trying to keep a family together when tension is high is very difficult to do. Frustration levels reach an all time high every day. It is a constant struggle to deal with a child that totally refuses to touch you or show you any kind of affection but me and my wife do it everyday all the time. I have a son that does not know the alphabet but can tell you the birth/death date of every president thus far. He can't tie his shoes but he can do algebra in his head.
Every day we struggle with him but love him more everyday.
After all the stuff we have put up with, their is no way in hell I would take him to DFACS or some other place to drop him off. This kind of stuff chaps my arse. The people that suggested that are complete and total morons that lack morality.
I think a lot of those drugs do more harm than good, but I am no medical professional. But the money has to be going somewhere.
Originally posted by Michael Cecil
So, when people become angry at all of the services that Indiana can no longer pay for, I would suggest that they remember where the money for Medicaid and Medicare WENT to: the pharmaceutical companies.
I know nothing about nursing or your research, but I heard a saying that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I don't necessarily think you can catch flies with honey or vinegar, but fresh manure seems to work pretty well, but the point is insulting the person won't get you anywhere, but you should know that since you studies psychology.
IX) “I told him that I had a Masters Degree in Nursing. He then told me that he had never known a Masters degree person so stupid.”
I gleefully admit that this statement is true
The homeless shelter is still probably a better fate than what happened to disabled Spartan babies:
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
You are a better person than I, my tribe doesn't have time/space for a liability like that... I would have dropped him off the moment i discoverd the autism....
When a young boy was born to Spartan parents the father would take the child to the council of elders. These old calloused and scarred veterans would look at the naked infant carefully for any birth defects or the slightest sign of weakness or sickness. If they judged the crying baby to be unworthy of carrying a Spartan shield it would be taken immediately to a nearby cliff off Mt. Taygetos and thrown over the edge.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
A point I don't see made much in this thread, is, don't parents, when deciding to have a child, need to consider the possibility the child might be disabled?
What if I refer to the US Census, that says the figure of kids with disabilities is more like 5%, which is 7.5 out of 150?
Originally posted by dr_strangecraft
If you had parented, or were a breeder, you'd know that all of these disabilities occur in less that 1 in 150 births. So practically anyone is "playing the odds" by having a child.
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I've read some stories about incompetent doctors causing birth injuries, but I don't think the children with disabilities from that cause should have to worry about ending up in a shelter, as the family should be able to get a settlement from the doctor's malpractice insurance large enough to cover the costs of care plus other damages.
Originally posted by bluemirage5
Are you aware many of these disabilities are caused by incompetant doctors delivering these children through birth? It's called birth injury!!!!!
No one can possibly understand what these families go through until you walk in their shoes and insensitivity on the subject by childless people out there disgusts me at no end.