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A very sad case in the news here, what do you all think?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 543628" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Sue is right. Illinois is going to hades pretty darn fast. Not that it was great for any type of services to begin with. I grew up there, still have family and friends there and when they talk about it I just shake my head. </p><p></p><p>I'm not going to say what this mother did was right. But I <strong>can</strong> understand <strong>why </strong>she did it. That she picked an area that would provide services for her daughter, shows that although she was at her limit, she loved her and cared enough about what level of care she would receive to take her somewhere better and leave her. I would imagine that clearly shows her desperation. </p><p></p><p>It can be extremely difficult to care for an intellectually and mentally disabled child as an adult depending on their level of functioning. I think about this sometimes when I think about Alex. Katie will have her hands full and then some when he is a teen, shoot she already does.....even M can't handle him during rages now and he's only 11. I can only imagine what Alex as an adult would be like to live with. omg But heck, M is majorly intellectually challenged and the dude can drive me in short order to want to rip out my hair by the roots! So I know I couldn't do it, I don't have the patience once they reach a certain age. (well, maybe if it were my own child) </p><p></p><p>Sad part to me is that the mother is going to be assumed to be the villian, when that is probably the furthest thing from the truth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 543628, member: 84"] Sue is right. Illinois is going to hades pretty darn fast. Not that it was great for any type of services to begin with. I grew up there, still have family and friends there and when they talk about it I just shake my head. I'm not going to say what this mother did was right. But I [B]can[/B] understand [B]why [/B]she did it. That she picked an area that would provide services for her daughter, shows that although she was at her limit, she loved her and cared enough about what level of care she would receive to take her somewhere better and leave her. I would imagine that clearly shows her desperation. It can be extremely difficult to care for an intellectually and mentally disabled child as an adult depending on their level of functioning. I think about this sometimes when I think about Alex. Katie will have her hands full and then some when he is a teen, shoot she already does.....even M can't handle him during rages now and he's only 11. I can only imagine what Alex as an adult would be like to live with. omg But heck, M is majorly intellectually challenged and the dude can drive me in short order to want to rip out my hair by the roots! So I know I couldn't do it, I don't have the patience once they reach a certain age. (well, maybe if it were my own child) Sad part to me is that the mother is going to be assumed to be the villian, when that is probably the furthest thing from the truth. [/QUOTE]
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