tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615738387814644598.post625841237188615514..comments2023-06-26T06:46:55.112-04:00Comments on Adopting Special Needs: A Child's Future: Determined by EconomicsGB's Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866513131959998883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615738387814644598.post-7538717887441796362011-05-24T11:31:01.138-04:002011-05-24T11:31:01.138-04:00Although I think that the goal of providing servic...Although I think that the goal of providing services to every child in need is a laudable goal, the reality is that taxpayers at the idea. People tend not to want to pay for services that do not <i>directly</i> benefit them.<br /><br />It's certainly a troubling problem, and I wrote about on <a href="http://thefinalmaze.blogspot.com/2011/05/economics-determine-childs-future.html" rel="nofollow">my blog</a> this morning.FosterAbbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431773317761777407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615738387814644598.post-44719160822709419422011-05-17T23:08:57.201-04:002011-05-17T23:08:57.201-04:00This applies to ALL special needs kids. Either par...This applies to ALL special needs kids. Either parents can afford quality private-pay services that can allow a child to have a real chance at life, or they can't and the child absolutely looses.<br />Why should society help bio children who happen to have special needs? (I'm praying I won't get slammed for this.) If a society refuses to allow a woman to abort a disabled child, then it has the obligation to help support that child. If a society has created medical care that can save a body but leave a brain in total disarray and will put the parents in jail if those medical services are not used, then it has an obligation to help support that child. If a society is created wherin you must be fluent enough at math to have a checking account and you must have reaction times that allow you to cross the street safely, and you must be able to read and write well enough to fill out a job application or else you can't get enough money to prevent starvation, then that society has an obligation to support those who cannot meet those criteria. It used to be the village elders took a seriously disabled child away from the mom and through whatever means, that child did not live. Because society used to understand the stunningly huge burden a seriously disabled child placed on the entire community. Now we say "HA HA HA! God didn't like you! HA HA HA! You gotta live with it! HA HA HA! I'm so glad I am not you!" <br />Yes, I get very upset / pissed sometimes. And yes, I owe my life and my daughter's life to people who do not think the way our legislators do. But a handful of the kindest hearts in the world cannot help but a handful of the millions of people who need help.<br />But, really, I think it is funny/sad that y'all complain as if there was a share of the pie you could have had ... The CEOs and Wall Street Execs ate all the pie a long time ago. Ain't none left for anybody who actually needs it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615738387814644598.post-41837251595726201602011-05-17T15:50:43.767-04:002011-05-17T15:50:43.767-04:00The psychiatric practice I want to take our daught...The psychiatric practice I want to take our daughter to (affiliated with the University of Florida) doesn't accept Medicaid. I was filling too pay full price out of pocket (even though we really can't afford any where near their $240 an hour!). They refused to see her as a private pay because she has Medicaid. Crazy, broken system!Last Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381377825784945623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2615738387814644598.post-6344656364185946132011-05-17T14:34:48.104-04:002011-05-17T14:34:48.104-04:00"I haven't been a foster parent for many ..."I haven't been a foster parent for many years, but as I reread what I wrote, the argument holds up for foster children as well. If we take a child from their biological family, we take on the responsibility and obligation to do it right." - Exactly!Sunday Koffron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859347065249826781noreply@blogger.com