You should read a few articles about how severely autistic children behave. I certainly don’t think the woman should have killed her grandkids. But the accounts I have read of severely aggressive autistic children are horrifying. I would NEVER be able to care for a violent child who only sleeps one hour a day. Some parents turn their autistic children over to the state, because they cannot take care of them, and have no money for the outrageously expensive private institutions. That would be heartbreaking, but of course, preferable to killing them. Maybe Arizona has no such centers, or has a long waiting list. Obviously, the grandmother felt completely helpless, as in, no where to turn. I’m kind of surprised she didn’t take her own life, as well.
Again, if they are beyond the capability for her to care for, you get them to people who can. she’s 56 years old and this is what you do. you get them into a place that have people trained to deal with difficult disease cases.
Good grief we have women and men older than this that place their own spouses in nursing homes for far less, its not like they haven’t thought of this in other cases where care is beyond what they can do. Its not rocket science if you can’t handle it you get them somewhere that can.
She tried to, according to the story at at the link. Drug overdose. But she survived, and now they're putting her in prison. I suppose even prison is better than trying to take care of two children like that on your own.
Finding ‘help’ may be almost impossible. Young lady took over care of her nephew who was autistic, eventually took him to the ER because she feared for the safety of her 3 year old child he started to become abusive towards. ER kept him for 10 days because no one would take him. He is not a candidate for many facilities because he cannot participate in group, there is no cure and facilities want to ‘fix’ them and send them home.
Then this autistic man goes to a group home who bring him back to the ER because the other members in the group home are afraid of him. They refuse to take him back, so he sits for days in ER again, last I knew he went to a ‘nursing’ home.
Point is, getting ‘help’ is not easy. One of the nurses even commented that they would be for abortion in these cases if the parents knew what they were getting into. He said bring the parents to the ER and see what type of person they become when they are grown. There’s just no place for them. It’s very sad.