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conuly
Oh, lordy....
My heart goes out to Katherine McCarron and her family. We may never know what drove this mother to allegedly perform this heinous act.
From all accounts, other than dealing with the autism, they were a regular family. I think the key words here are "dealing with autism." Please do not misunderstand and think I am defending McCarron's alleged actions. No one has walked in her shoes. Unless you have a child with special needs you cannot possibly understand the physical, emotional and spiritual strength each day requires.
Speaking as a mother with a child who has special needs, I can tell you many times I have prayed not just to make it through the day, but to get through a moment. Again, this is tragic. But let's not be too quick to judge.
Debbie Bloom
East Peoria
I've never raised a kid, NT or not. Watching the niecelings doesn't count. I can tell you that some days, Ana's behaviour leaves so much to be desired that I can't wait for the day to end, though. I'd never *kill* her over that - even if the day would never effectively end for me. And if I did, as she's never been diagnosed with anything, I'm sure nobody would write touching letters to the newspaper telling people not to judge me too quickly. Probably, they'd write touching letters telling people that I deserved to be sent to all kinds of hell for hurting a child.
Of course, should I write to the newspaper and tell them that, I'm sure the reply would be "It's not the same! You don't understand!"
So... anybody raising a "child with special needs" (autism favored) care to step up to the plate and reply to this letter for me?
It's not about this mom, her fate is pretty much sealed. I doubt there'll be any surprises there. It's about the rest of the world's attitudes.
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/writeus.shtml
My heart goes out to Katherine McCarron and her family. We may never know what drove this mother to allegedly perform this heinous act.
From all accounts, other than dealing with the autism, they were a regular family. I think the key words here are "dealing with autism." Please do not misunderstand and think I am defending McCarron's alleged actions. No one has walked in her shoes. Unless you have a child with special needs you cannot possibly understand the physical, emotional and spiritual strength each day requires.
Speaking as a mother with a child who has special needs, I can tell you many times I have prayed not just to make it through the day, but to get through a moment. Again, this is tragic. But let's not be too quick to judge.
Debbie Bloom
East Peoria
I've never raised a kid, NT or not. Watching the niecelings doesn't count. I can tell you that some days, Ana's behaviour leaves so much to be desired that I can't wait for the day to end, though. I'd never *kill* her over that - even if the day would never effectively end for me. And if I did, as she's never been diagnosed with anything, I'm sure nobody would write touching letters to the newspaper telling people not to judge me too quickly. Probably, they'd write touching letters telling people that I deserved to be sent to all kinds of hell for hurting a child.
Of course, should I write to the newspaper and tell them that, I'm sure the reply would be "It's not the same! You don't understand!"
So... anybody raising a "child with special needs" (autism favored) care to step up to the plate and reply to this letter for me?
It's not about this mom, her fate is pretty much sealed. I doubt there'll be any surprises there. It's about the rest of the world's attitudes.
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/writeus.shtml
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Date: 2006-05-21 03:37 am (UTC)