Below is an e-mail I sent as a complaint for those parents who abuse the system to get services for their children when they don't really need it. Some parents seem like they are Munchausen and they just want something to be wrong with their child when there is nothing very significant going on. When it starts to affect me, is when I have to wait in line for services behind these pretenders, and that makes me angry. These people are the same as those parents who abused the disabled pass at Disney. They are sucking up services for disabled while the legitimately disabled wait in line behind them. These people make me sick.
The subject line of the e-mail was "Recipients are frauds."
The e-mail...
Last year I applied for a waiver for my son who is severely affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder. I recently discovered two people in my extended circle of acquaintances who receive the waiver. Both are high functioning, one is in college and the other is in advanced placement classes in their high school. I find it beyond disgusting and irresponsible that there are seriously disabled people waiting 12-15 years (from what I hear) to get one of these waivers and high functioning people who are independent with self-care tasks and have no intellectual impairments are taking up a space that should go to someone who is legitimately disabled.
My complaint is that 1) the waiting list is too long and 2) high-functioning people who are independent with self-care tasks and have no intellectual impairments should not receive services. Surely, there is something you can do in your organization to prevent these mostly healthy individuals from abusing the system and robbing seriously handicapped people of services.
