tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447392662850613354.post5636163011354430714..comments2024-02-25T10:24:30.868-05:00Comments on Special needs disability parenting BLOOM: Of interestBLOOM - Parenting Kids With Disabilitieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06901482901008135659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447392662850613354.post-72055774632408341442011-04-16T15:20:52.751-04:002011-04-16T15:20:52.751-04:00I haven't read the details of this story (can&...I haven't read the details of this story (can't bear to) and undoubtedly should, before commenting, but I heard it discussed on a radio call-in show last night, paired with a situation in which a depressed mother drove her car, with kids, into a lake. These did not seem remotely analogous to me, and no one talked about what it might be like to inflict cancer treatment on an autistic child. Adults are allowed to make their own choices about medical interventions (usually) but in the case of children, disabled or not, it seems to me that the legal system intrudes too far. Is society well-served by putting this woman in prison?Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02307534252847118376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447392662850613354.post-5886033236816994012011-04-15T03:18:39.177-04:002011-04-15T03:18:39.177-04:00I find the LaBrie story sickening. I feel terrible...I find the LaBrie story sickening. I feel terrible for this woman -- for what she has endured and for what she will continue to endure. It's symbolic of what is to come, I believe, if the current politics of healthcare and disability continue in this country.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com