In light of the recent news I would like to request even more prayer/energy for the families out there with autistic kids, who get little/no help before running out of steam.
These families are pretty much ignored/neglected until the parents literally go nuts.
No one deserves to end like this.
Please help do your part as a global citizen to ensure that people, no matter what their social standing or income, get proper support from their communities through the challenges of ASD.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...bridge-n240606
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/05/justic...html?hpt=hp_t3An Oregon mother who had a breakdown while caring for her autistic son and ailing husband allegedly threw the 6-year-old off a bridge and then called police to tell them, authorities and relatives said Tuesday.
Jillian Meredith McCabe, 34, of Seal Rock, Oregon, was arrested for the killing of her son London, police said. Authorities discovered the boy's body in the waters of Oregon's Yaquina Bay hours after McCabe called 911 late Monday.
On Tuesday afternoon, McCabe made a brief appearance in Lincoln County court — via video conference while wearing restrictive clothing to designed to keep her from hurting herself. A judge ordered her held on $1 million bail on charges of aggravated murder, murder and 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter. She did not enter a plea and the judge set a preliminary hearing in the case for Nov. 12.
In the past, McCabe had spoken and written of "pulling a Thelma and Louise" — a reference to the movie in which two women drive their car off a cliff — as a response to the stresses of her life.
Jordan, 53, displayed little emotion as the verdict was announced at the close of a sensational two-month trial in Manhattan, in which prosecutors described in chilling detail how the businesswoman, who made a fortune in pharmaceuticals, forced little Jude Mirra to swallow a cocktail of painkillers and anti-inflammatories in 2010. Prosecutors said Jordan, who testified that she killed the boy to prevent him from being sexually abused, forced many of the drugs down his throat with a syringe.
Murder trial begins for millionaire
Jordan's defense lawyers, citing legal errors during the long proceedings, said they will appeal and seek a new trial.
"This was not a murder case," defense attorney Norman Siegel said outside court. "And that's because there were extenuating and horrific circumstances. And, apparently the jurors got it."
Defense lawyer Allan Brenner said the verdict was a victory.
"She loved him so much that she couldn't bear the thought of him living without her, or him being subjected to the life she tried to rescue him from," he said. "Any time someone is convicted of a crime, particularly of the crime of having caused the death of a young child, there's nothing to revel in. There's no glory or triumph here. To the extent that the jury has said this was not a mother viciously, violently, coldly doing away with her child, that's a triumph."
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As you can see these people's situations tend to be quite complicated,
and as a result of these complications the respective states tend to offer LESS help instead of more.
i.e. bad marriage? you get less help. job? oh you get less help.
so on and so forth.
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But in a country where 90 year old men get arrested for feeding street people, I am not really sure at all that help is on the way
please pray for all the kids and parents out there.
"If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again."
~ABRAHAM LINCOLN, attributed
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