The poor woman couldn’t win. People have been excoriating her for not getting him enough help, now your lovely little comment about “abandonment”. Unless you’ve LIVED through this, you have NO idea what it’s like. It takes an immensely strong person not to crack.
“The poor woman couldn’t win...”
No, she couldn’t. Her husband left her and started a new family. He kept in contact with the “non-damaged goods” son but supposedly had no contact with the “damaged” one. Should the mom have kept the guns locked up? Yes. However, what could she really do with her son?
I know a woman whose son has full blown autism. She takes care of his needs 24/7 including diapers, feeding, etc.. She told me that her hopes in life is that her son precedes her in death. If not, what will happen to him? An institution of sorts? Do you think a family member will step forward to take care of him (nice thought but I wouldn’t hold my breath). A close family member of hers actually suggested when her son was about four years old that he should have an “accident”. Essentially, telling the woman to kill him but make it look like an accident.
A lot of blame has been given to the Mom but I think in many, many ways her hands were tied. IMHO.
Oh Lord. She was probably getting a bunch of government money for the care she “supposedly” gave him. At least we don’t have to support that drippy family anymore.
Exactly. If she was trying to have him committed, we can say in hindsight she was clearly trying to do the right thing.