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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From today's Washington Post  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/fairfax-county-wrestles-with-budgetary-trade-offs/2012/04/23/gIQAcwV7cT_story.html more bashing of special needs kids and special education services.  Yeah, people are REAL supportive of stuggling SN familes.  [/quote]

And is abortion going to help improve that? [/quote]

Have you read the comments?  There are plenty of posters there that don't think public funds should be used to help families with SN kids.  "Take responsibility" is frequently used and some are clearly fed up that their tax dollars are used to fund services and that special needs kids "take away" from typical kids.  There's a lot of resentment there.  All this adds to your burden when you're struggling to raise your SN kids.  On top of all the financial and emotional burdens, you're subjected to social stigma and resentment.  Who was that saying raising SN kids isn't much different than typical kids?  [/quote]

Yeah, but I'm saying part of the reason people resent SN children and there is a social stigma is reflected in this attitude that SN kids aren't even worth their life. They should be aborted. And when somehow people haven't managed to get rid of them before they are born, then they resent them. So the same attitude that has been expressed here is the very same attitude that makes it harder for SN parents. "Look I don't think my tax money should go to help your SN kid because you should have taken care of that before they were born." Or just simply the callousness expressed here comes out. If we had a culture that valued the lives of kids with special needs, starting at the beginning, instead of viewing them as disposable, maybe society would also offer more support to parents of kids with SN.[/quote]

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