Child with disabities? Lets keep her small!

[Plaidman]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...777152889.html Basicly, nine year old girl has disabities, so parents deside to give her estregen, remove her breasts, clip her um. thingy? So that she can remind small, and therefor better taken care of.


Kinda pisses me off that a parent would do that. Think its right or what?

[kerrisan]

Oh my goodness. Don't even get me started. All I will say is that this ticks me off too.

[Banrion]

This may sound horrible to some of you, but my first reaction was "What harm has it done?"

This procedure will allow Ashley to stay in her family's care, instead of being institutionalized. I know from experience that it is next to impossible to take care of a full grown severly disabled adult at home, unless you just leave them in bed all day. Taking them out of the house is even more problematic. 150 lbs of dead weight is no easy task to move with arms flying one way and legs the other. Many people feel that there is not enough care and attention given individually in a nursing home setting.

She is disabled to a point that she likely would not be able to have children even if she found a mate later in life, which is unlikely due to the severe mental impairment. Also dormant reproductive organs are more likely to develop cancers. There is also the concern that she was entering puberty at 6 years old. Something was causing some serious issues with her horomones, and for females that usually stems from the uterus and ovaries.

I think that her parents are acting in her best interests, to keep her with her family, and to keep her in a condition that is conducive to her participating in family events instead in bedridden and secluded from the world.

[Rapscallion]

Fancy taking this to Fratching? I've got a thread for it over there - click the link for it

Closing this one.

Rapscallion