Teen can't even use toilet on his own, but the state asks his mother to prove it every 2 years

"I'm not afraid to die. I'm afraid of what will happen to my child when I'm gone." I will never forget when the mother of a child suffering from autism uttered this sentence to me. It was as if all of her despair and hopelessness gathered in those few words. Autism, like Down syndrome, is a permanent disorder. There is no cure. Those affected grow up physically but mentally remain at a child's level, and parents are forced to take care of them for the rest of their