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Consider the irony. Coleman asserts that disabled people are likely to be supported if they express a desire to die, but may be refused access to the very services that could help them realize that their lives are worth living
8 posted on 10/20/2003 4:18:36 PM PDT by Askel5
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Thank you for sharing this article. We have been asked many times to allow our daughter to "go into Gods arms"... everytime I am amazed that they cant see the life in this little girl.

We were asked to terminate before she was born, we were asked to sign DNR papers before my emergency C~section (which, i was advised not to have "why do you want to have a surgery done to your body for a child who will most likely die right at or soon after birth, dont put yourself thru that".) We were advice atleast 5 times over the next 14 days to turn the ventilator off... she is a beuatifully handicapped little two year old now.

I could not imagine my life without her, I Could not imagine being the schindlers right now watching their child die before there eyes.

Being the caregiver of a handicapped individual is alot of work, it is a daily obligation, for the rest of their lives. Emmas schedule is overwhelming, by my love for her, and her joy for life outweigh any burden her medical care might be on our family. As I have said in posts in the past "My head told me to let her go, My heart is why she is alive today"...I trust my heart on this issue.

As parents we are put here to protect our children, to help them, nourish them, support them. Can you imagine how helpless they must feel right now? The very thing a mother is called to do is being denied by a court order. You would have to bury me along with my child.

Thank you again for sharing this article, the importance of this situation has long been overlooked. Soon legalized murder is going to come knocking at the door of our handicapped children, and a court order will be in place to back it up.

Blessings to all those who are the voice for the voiceless.
~Heather
www.Emmas2Hearts.com
11 posted on 10/20/2003 4:37:07 PM PDT by Florida Mama (My head told me I should let her go, my heart is why she is alive today- www.Emmas2Hearts.com)
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