This is what scares me the most..... I have two children with a 'cognitive disability' namely autism..... With the way welfare, medicade, and social security are going now I wonder how I will be able to care for them later on? Or will they be eauthanized if I am unable to financially provide for 100% of their care myself? Will that even matter? Or will their quality of life be deemed not worth enduring?
My youngest is Down Syndrome. My wife and I also started late as parents. I'm concerned about what happens after we are gone. All it takes now to off someone with a lesser "quality of life" is somebody with "custody" and a death-loving judge in his pocket. This terrifying possibility now has a precedent.
Anyway, bless your heart. Two with autism has to be difficult -- rewarding but difficult. My wife and I believe that God chooses people He believes to be strong to care for these different but special people. I've also mentioned to my wife that, perhaps, it's the ones who consider themselves to be "normal" who are the ones with the handicap.