How often has she heard it? Hundreds, if not thousands, of times. I've heard it at least once, almost every single day, and I don't believe that my son is as badly impaired as Issy, so we probably only get a taste of what she hears. But, even with a child that is currently only moderately impaired, every day we heard, "Don't you wish you had aborted?" "Too bad they can't test for that before birth." "He is a waste, with no potential." "People like him shouldn't be allowed to live, at least not in public with the rest of us." Every single hour of every single day, at Walmart, at the therapy office, at DHS while fighting for benefits to cover residential treatment, on Facebook, Youtube, blog sites, message boards, even by private message here on WS. Every single day.
I can imagine what it was like for her. It is the most horrible thing you can imagine to look at the person that you love the most and know that there are people out there that thinks your child should be put down like an animal, and you as well, for giving birth to them.
It still doesn't give you the right to decide that cross is too big for them to bear, and try to kill them yourself. That sort of defeats the purpose of ever having the child, IMO.
