A mother left her 21 year old quadriplegic son with cerebral palsy in the forest for around four days with just a blanket and a bible. During that period the temperatures had dropped to the 30s and there was some rain. When he was found he was suffering from malnutrition, dehydration, eye problems, and a cut to the back that had a possibility of getting infected. The mother had left to her boyfriend;s place afterwards, but was soon found by the police. Her son will be taken care of at the hospital and his aunts will take care of him. His mother will be charged with multiple crimes.
This is a terrible story to rad even if the son survived. He was still abused and even though there are different programs that help people with special needs he was put in an awful situation. We have come along way since the Reform Era, but there is still work to be done for people who need help in all sorts of ways.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/us/philadelphia-disabled-man-abandoned/index.html
We have come a long way but this shows that there is still a ways to go
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