Then I might think it a crime with the parents deserving their mug shots in the newspaper. Quite the contrary it seems to border on the absurd and the uncivilized to charge this couple with crimes. Children with special healthcare needs can be wonderfully endearing and lovable. They readily evoke our compassion. Simultaneously they can drain their parents to unfathomable lengths and be very difficult to live with from day to day.
Parents often have to beg and scream to get services their child requires.
Besides my own experiences, my sources include many families who are raising a child with a disability and who seek my counsel as a professional psychologist. Sometimes a sick baby will keep you up all night. You worry and you check to see that your infant is still breathing. I can tell you that it is a grief like no other. It will take you places you never wanted to go.