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Originally Posted by jane032657
Made me shudder when I read VillagesFlorida write "children with disabilities...are THOSE children allowed to live here...ugh. Aside from whatever the rules are..."THOSE" children are no different from children with other abilities so let's be more sensitive. I am sure this person did not mean to say how their post sounds, but as someone who works with people with disabilities, it struck a nerve.
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I asked a simple question. My thinking was along the lines of perhaps a disabled child who might be confined to bed or children who require more specialized care due to emotional or physical disabilities. If YOU choose to read more into my post than what I wrote that is your perogative. Please don't assume that I do not know anything about children with disabilities. My brother, who lived with grand mal seizures due to epilepsy long before there were drugs to help him, was taunted by classmates until my parents removed him from school. A brain injury, suffered as a small child left him with emotional and mental disabilities, in addition to the devastating effects of his epilepsy. He required supervision and care and could not have lived on his own. You stated that ......"THOSE" children are no different from children with other abilities". My brother was very different from other kids his age and he certainly did not have the same abilities these kids had. He had "gifts" that some other kids did not have and we loved him for who he was. Since I do NOT know the answer to my question, I was asking whether or not anyone else knew if children needing specialized care, under age 19, might be allowed to live here. It was a simple question and could have been answered simply. Please do not criticize me for posting information that was told to me in good faith.