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I admire people who have the dedication to raise such children, but it breaks my heart to see some people with great minds imprisoned and frustrated by their bodies, or people who will never even know their name. I just don't have the emotional strength for it.
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growing up my grandmother who lived right beside me had adopted the three daughters of one of her neices, one of them was mentally handicapped and pretty much dependent on my grandmother and the rest of us (even me when my grandparents health started to get bad) to get by, one was borderline mentally handicapped (she could function on her own in most capacities of every day life), and then one who was at the top of her high school class (before she dropped out of school, which still amazes me to this day). Yes raising children with disabilities is a big time commitment and sometimes it does feel like you are "imprisoned" but after a while you get used to it.
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