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Originally Posted by billege
snippy...
To address what the sister in law should or should not do:
It is typical (and I'm not saying you're evil if you said it) for those on the outside to suggest the family do more, etc.
However, very few people can relate to the experiance of providing assistance to a mentally retarded individual. It is easily all-consuming, exausting, mentally and emotionally draining.
This is where "It takes a village" rings very true. No man is an island, and no family should be made to be one either.
My thought? It's sad he can't ride his scooter anymore. I wish he could.
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As far as I understood it the sister-in-law did not want to accept government support and expected a CHURCH to step in. While that is fine when the help is there if this man's support group choose to refuse government help then the burden is more on their shoulders to find the help that they DO approve of. "Debra Milton said the responsibility to meet the needs of the mentally retarded should rest with churches and not the government. "The government doesn't owe us anything; this is something we owe to God." "
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