Posted on 04/21/2003 5:47:38 PM PDT by cherry_bomb88
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of families across the country have handed their children over to foster care or juvenile detention centers because they could find no other way to get mental health care for their offspring, according to a study issued Monday.
An advance copy of the study by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, estimated that in 2001 alone, parents voluntarily surrendered custody of 12,700 children in the 19 states and 30 counties the GAO surveyed.
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I would never consider calling a Downs Syndrome child "special" politically correct, because it is the truth.
Anyone who has never spent time with these little angels, doesn't know what they are talking about. They are called special because they are special. They generally are the happiest children, and adults I have ever met. I truly think God sends them to earth to make the rest of the world marvel at their goodness.
For their parents all I can say is Thank You. I know through personal experience just how hard it is to raise a Down Syndrome child, (not my own, but friends) and I not only see the difficulty but the sheer joy.
I am not going to make a generalization that could hurt others out there, but when I think of this being one of the reasons many choose to have amniocentisis to "rule out" this disorder in pregnancy, I shudder to think how many of these angels are aborted every year.
To all of you that shared your personal experiences on this thread, I want to say Thank You, You have opened alot of eyes today, and hopefully a few hearts.
God Bless You All.
You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine.
Why? So a book says something, it doesn't mean it's true...
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