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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t take my child with profound intellectual disability on every vacation that I take her sister on. She is cognitively a 9 month old and doesn’t interact with the world much. She doesn’t know I’m her “mom”, etc. She stays home with trusted family and sitters and happily does what she likes (watching TV) without even noticing we are gone. It is a much harder calculus if your child understands what is going on. But it could be that the child with autism is happy not to go.

That said, I take my child with ID to the places that make sense. She goes on beach and Disney vacations. We are going on our first cruise with her soon, but I am paying for a sitter to come with us since my kid cannot participate in many activities.

You really cannot judge a family figuring out how to deal with significant disabilities unless you have volunteered to provide overnight and daytime respite care for at least one week. And even then, you will only see a snippet of the situation.[/quote]

But do you have the gall to post about your fun vacations??? How dare you enjoy yourself!![/quote]

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