A really good example of children in the USA still dying from childhood diseases.

[justme1972]

This is a child that died of chicken pox...what is unusual was that this wasn't an infant, but a 12-year old.

Article didn't say if the child was immunized or not, which to me, was a pretty important detail that was missed.

http://www.local6.com/health/18271674/detail.html

[rph3664]

Because they have around the clock nursing care paid by the tax dollars of the good ole US of A.

You see all of those people who adopt 10 special needs kids? It's all about the money and subsidies; plus they get full-time nursing care (I believe it is 16 hours a day). Plus, they do it out of the love for the children, which is great. Kids with special needs need homes with loving parents, not to be raised by nurses.

My little boy has cerebral palsy. We do not get any outside help; nor would we want it. We adopted him at birth.

I know I'm cold about this issue, but I get sick of seeing these moms at support groups passing judgement on us mothers who have to work, being anti-vac, and talk about a big ole conspiracy about the medical providers. I quit going a long time ago.

Edited to add: There are some children who DO need full-time nursing care. These little (and big) ones sincerely need the help for the survival of families. But in my experience, I've seen moms who were perfectly capable of raising their children (with autism, CP, DS) but have nursing care 16 hours a day.

I am all for getting help a few hours a week. Gosh knows sometimes I wish I had it. But 16 hours a day? C'mon.

I know of a family who has adopted six special needs kids from California. California's subsidy pays her anywhere from $1,000-$3,000 for EACH CHILD, plus they get nursing care for EACH CHILD. Neither her or her husband work and live high on the hog.

We get a subsidy from Ohio for our oldest son who is 16. He was adopted when he was 7-years old. It is $265 a month. It helped us tremendously. Now that I'm out of college, every single dime goes to his college fund.

Nope, I'm talking about women who have no husband, family support, or respite care, nor do they get any subsidies because these are their biological children.

And it only seems to happen with autism - not other special needs.

There's a family in my region who has adopted several dozen older children (healthy, but often with serious psychiatric issues) and use the money for such "necessities" as Caribbean cruises, and leave these kids in the care of the older children. Everyone knows to not let their kids to go this house because it's Party Central, and one reason they adopt is because news crews always come to their house when they do and gush about how wonderful they are.

In a case like this, the kids probably really ARE better off in orphanages or foster care.