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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was thinking more about their claims medical professionals suggested a new home. If there wasn't violence or significant abuse, the only other reason I could think of is if she claimed to have thoughts of wanting to harm him. They can't claim he has threatened to kill one of their kids if he is barely verbal. Otherw2ise I suspect the professionals said you need to do more therapies or stop quitting therapies.[/quote]

I think parents of children who are significantly impacted by their disability know their claims that medical professionals advised them to get rid of him to be false. I agree that more services would have been recommended, especially since he was not receiving the recommended amount of services and therapies in the first place. [/quote]

Are you the adoptive parent of a child with a significant disability?  I am and I have absolutely been advised to walk away, to "think of your own kids". Other parents I know have been encouraged to let their kids die.

I've posted here about an issue with my disabled child, and have been told that I did a terrible thing by adopting him.  [/quote]

I am a parent of a child who is significantly impacted by autism, plus have 3 other children, and would never abandon my children. I have never been advised by any of the many doctors and therapists my child sees regularly since he was an infant to "think of my own kids" or "let them die." I also would not continue bringing my child to see someone who would even suggest something like that, or associate with anyone who felt that way. [/quote]

Is your child adopted?

I'm not justifying what these parents did.  I am saying that the messages you get from professionals about a child that other people don't see as "really yours" are different from the messages that families get about birth children.  I obviously don't agree with that, and I'm certainly not giving my child back, I'm just saying that if a parent tells me that they got that message, I'm not surprised.  And if a parent is looking for an excuse to abandon their child, then those messages could easily become that excuse.

I'll also say that most parents I know who have gotten the "let them die" message, have gotten it while their child is inpatient, which can make it very hard to just walk away.  [/quote]

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