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Old 09-13-2005, 04:45 AM   #8 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights
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They thought it was circumstances that warranted the cages at night.
I'm sorry, I simply cannot imagine the circumstance that would warrant locking a child in a 3' x 3' wooden cage, at night. With no blanket or pillow. Hell, even our dog has a blanket in her cage.

I keep going back to the phrase..."The wooden cages, estimated to be about 3 foot by 3 foot, were built into the walls." Built...into...the...walls? Hmmm, interesting. So, what I am inferring, from that, is that this was intended, from the onset, to be a long term condition. I don't know of too many houses that have nine built in wooden cages.

11 kids in all. So, were only the 9 autistic? Were only the nine adopted? The article really isn't clear on that point.

I know that it's a rigorous process for any adoption. I should imagine that it would be even more so, when adopting a "special needs" child. Who, I want to know, allows any couple to adopt 9 such children? Certainly that would take a toll on the most patient and caring of parents. Where were the checks and balances? Why were no "red flags" raised? Personally...I think the "parents" need to be locked into 3x3 cages...for a long long time. However...I also feel that whatever so called "system" allowed this to happen needs to be blown apart at the seams.
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