Did you consider for a second some parents may actually be getting their own money they put in back to care for their child? I know I paid in an awful lot before my kids hit the school room doors and I’ll pay even more when they leave. We also got hit with penalty this and that as we depleted our retirement accounts caring for our child. Not to mention extended family without children who pay into this system and don’t begrudge their share going for their relative. This isn’t about money, but your assertion that seems to imply that special needs kids suck the system dry is absurd. There ar ea lot of people who are reaping much more directly what they have paid in. Perhaps you should work to see that you see more direct results of your tax dollars instead of begrudging me mine. IN the end, I’d trade all that money paid in and cut it out to the rest of you from it all to have my son be able to enjoy life as a typical person. I think that gets missed here. Nobody got an autistic child because they laid about or were unmotivated. To treat that group like one would treat a welfare queen who can’t pry herself away from Dr. Phil long enough to make breakfast for her kids is just insulting.