[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Livia

I wonder if the parents of the children you work with think the same as you? I have a child with special needs in my family, a child who was perfectly healthy until he was six. He is as loved and adored now as he was before. And if you think I was dismissing anything about this case with a wave of my hand, then you really have got a warped view of me.

Think the same as me? you have no idea of what I think, as the situation is a lot more complex than the hysterical reporting would have us believe, and as to what the parents of the children in our school think, a significant proportion of the children who come to us live in Childrens Homes and most of those who live with their families have carers and respite, some are loved and adored, some parents find it difficult to to cope and place their children in care and have them home at weekends or visit them in the home, and some do not have any access to their families at all and are in full time care, that is the harsh reality, its not always a happy ending as in your relatives case.