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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Don't care about infertility struggles.
2. Don't care about doormats who won't DO something to 
    address their problems.
3. Tired of the SN Trump Card.[/quote]

NP here. I am enraged by all the free stuff SN parents get that have nothing to do withy their child's SN. I can kinda see the free PT/OT/Speech maybe, but my very wealthy friend also gets FOR FREE from the county: preschool withh bus service, 42 hours/week nanny, Medicaid and food stamps. FOR FREE. And the nanny does her laundry and watches her NT kids too!![/quote]

Uh, wha? Food stamps is a means-based program, as is Medicaid -- if they are indeed "very wealthy" then they wouldn't be eligible for those programs. And I've never heard of a free nanny, no way. Maybe an aid in the classroom? If her child is eligible for a free special needs preschool and full-time aid, you shouldn't be enraged or envious...it means her child is quite disabled.

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It's all true. The means test for Medicaid/food stamps is done ON THE KID, who has no assets. All his copays and RX's are paid by Medicaid, and his food is bought with food stamps. In addition to preschool five days a week, his mom is allowed 42 hours of nanny care paid. She does not work, has two NT kids, lives in a 6000sf house and drives a large luxury SUV. Her SN child walks, talks, eats, and is potty trained, he is just delayed pretty significantly. I don't see why she needs a tax payer paid nanny because of that.[/quote]

I'm somewhat skeptical about all this.  For a disabled child to get on Medicaid, they generally have to qualify for SSI (needs based benefits based on family income).  A wealthy family will not qualify.  I am under the impression most social programs use household income/assets, not just the child.  If her child is qualifying for a full time nanny/aide, it sounds like the child must be pretty severely disabled, which is sad.  And I say this as someone who can't stand people who try to abuse the system.[/quote]

All I know is what she told me directly herself. So I guess she is lying? She buys his food with food stamps. When he gets an ear infection (unrelated to his SN), her insurance pays first and Medicaid pays the doctor and Rx copays.  She pays nothing. Same for all of the therapy copays. She pays nothing. She just put a huge addition on to her already huge house (not for the child.) I am not a troll and I am not lying. You don't want to believe it because its so outrageous, but it's true. She has a network of other SN mom friends and they all tell each other how to "max out" the system. [/quote]

Sweetie, she's yanking your chain. [/quote]

+1
I would do just about anything to get some appropriate services for our son. I'm very glad that he's intelligent and doesn't battle those delays, but he needs more speech than we can pay for (we get 52 sessions a year @ $25 copay through insurance; for what he has it's supposed to be daily.), he doesn't qualify for physical or occupational therapy anymore (even though they admit, yeah, he still needs it) and according to them he needs to be in preschool, but, oops, the only preschool available is "too restrictive" for him so he doesn't get anything. So he's in private preschool we can't really afford. No way in hell is your friend getting all that. She's yanking you because she finds your outrage hysterical.[/quote]

She has no idea it bothers me. Maybe you should make friends with her so she can teach you her tricks. She showed me his Medicaid card with his name on it. Like "haha look he has a Medicaid card."[/quote]

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