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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would really be interested in knowing how many posters on this thread have an actual disability, or a child or partner with one.  I have one that is permanent, it qualifies me for things like medical marijuana, a permanent handicap parking permit, sometimes I am in a wheelchair, etc.  I have no problem with the article (so whoever the poster is that says all handicap people are mad about it, who are you?).   I am very disappointed with the family in the article and am stunned that they have been able to get disability for the reasons listed in the article.  [b]Disability is very hard to get approved.  Who is approving these people????[/b]

What upset me the most is the treatment of Franny, the young mother with mosaic downs.  While I don't doubt her family loves her, from what is described it seems that no one, not her family, her peers, her teachers, etc., supported or encouraged her to take steps to live an independent life.  It says she had a dream of going to college, having downs (esp mosaic) doesn't automatically mean you can't get a higher education. What were her ambitions?  It says she loves to sing, what else does she like to do?  Does anyone ask?  Does anyone care?  It's perfectly acceptable to allow her to have children at such a young age, thereby making it even more difficult to get an education or life skills or a job (just ask any teenage mom, downs or not).  There are programs to teach her life skills (how to manage money, how to make food, how to grocery shop, how to take the bus, etc.) and how to learn a trade, and how to live her own independent life (whether in her own apartment or a group home). Why wasn't she in any!  Doesn't she deserve to be allowed to try, she probably is capable!  Her mother says she has the mental capacity of a 13 year old, according to who, her mom (who loves to diagnose everyone with autism?!  99.9% of handicap people want what everyone else wants, because we just like everyone else: to be happy, to feel worthy, to be loved, to be independent.  Who was fighting for Franny?   [/quote]

That is a good question - I have a friend with one of the disabilities in the article and she certainly was never approved....[/quote]

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