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They thought it was circumstances that warranted the cages at night.
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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.