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We can not easily make it to us


LIVING WITH DISABILITIES (2):
DISABLED CHILDREN: Let's make it easy for us?

"You can not abort your child with disabilities" "You manage it" "We help you"
Sometimes it hits us like a lightning strike. As we have written, why no one has the right one - to abort a child - maybe a handicapped. We have carefully weighed the reasons, the existing and still required assistance meticulously listed.

And then it happened, a frightening, almost unbelievable news spread quickly through the Internet: parents killing themselves and their disabled child.

The four-year boy suffered since birth with Down's syndrome. The family lived in very straightened circumstances. " The neighbors, the relationship of parents to the child as very loving, have the mother often laughed. They never openly ashamed of their son. Often they have been seen holding hands with the child for a walk.

And then - quite unexpectedly for the environment - this tragic end. What happened? "They are obviously with the burden of disability has become increasingly less ready," said the prosecutor. Apparently? How could the appearances of the contradictory "desperation" come from? We do not know, and should be - guard against speculation - without proper information.

urges In this situation, the question: Are we doing it to us easily when we advise against parents who abort their child to leave - even though the law does not exclude this possibility in principle? Do we have any idea of what we expect of the parents? Can you advise to an outsider in such an extreme situation in general practice?

Nevertheless, at all humanly understandable uncertainty, especially in the face of such tragedy, we may in the interest of the children - and, we hope, ultimately, the parents - not subside to advocate an unconditional right to live. The unborn children need special protection. However, only combined with a sophisticated, fine-meshed offer of help for parents. We can not in this difficult situation alone and allow them to gently, sensitive to the side stand - always aware that we ultimately do not really know what we expect of the parents.


We must not make us too easily.

August 2009

motif F. Franz