http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157692/Disabled-girl-16-starved-23-pounds-mother-MONTHS-social-services-received-call.html
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A 17 year
old girl suffering from cerebral palsy was found in her home, starved by her
mother. She only weighed one and a half stone when she was finally found on
March the 14th. The girl could have been rescued four months
earlier, but because an investigator came at their home three times, only to be
sent away without going inside, it took so long. The girl’s mother, who had 4
other children, said she was a good mother, but did not know when her daughter
was last outside or had seen a doctor. She has been sentenced for 18 months of
probation and ordered to undergo parenting classes.
I think it’s
first of all ridiculous for a mother to starve her child, disabled or not, and
not let her out or have her see a doctor, when you know she has a disability. I
think the punishment might be a little on the low side. Further, I find it very
odd that the investigators would leave the house so easily the first three
times they got there, without even going inside. Also, the times between the
visits of the investigators was absurdly long, sometimes even a month in
between. The girl could have been saved so much earlier, and might have been in
a better condition than she is now.
That's very sad. Social services should be controlling families like these so much better! This girl must be known in her 'papers' or doctors papers for being disabled, so why can't social workers be busy with horrible things like this, to prevent cases like this? I hope she will be alright soon and her mother is able to take good care of her other children and act like a mom should!
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