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In your last paragraph, you say, “I hope you’ll join me in this first, relatively easy step…”.

Can you enumerate exactly what the first step entails and how to join you there?

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Apparently, the second one showed up in my feed without the first one. Thank you for the context!

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This is heartbreaking to read about... The most infuriating part for me is hearing that the parents of these kids actually support what is happening. Their sense of control is more important to them than the wellbeing of their own children.

Thank you for spreading information about this. I had never heard of it before, and I'm glad I know now. I hope it isn't long before the law is changed and that institution is shut down.

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I'm glad I could let you know about the JRC.

Yes...parents can be the best allies of a child with disabilities, but I've also learned not to underestimate how awful they can be. For example, there's a yearly Disability Day of Mourning commemorating people with disabilities killed by their caregivers.

I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I'd like to think that some of these parents are (even if willfully blind) unaware of what the JRC is really doing, and honestly believe they're doing the best for their children -- they're just completely wrong about what constitutes the "worst case scenario."

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