The OP has said her disabled son requires 24 hour care. How many of you here have actually CARED for a disabled child round the clock? There's a huge difference between working your eight hour day, taking your child to ball practice, coming home and making dinner, washing clothes, bathing the child, helping with homework and physically tending to a disabled child 24 hours, every hour of every day. Do any of you realize how mentally and physically exhausting that is?

It's very obvious most of you don't because of your catty remarks to her.

How about showing a little compassion instead.

OP, I hope you find the help you need. Maybe you can call some of the services in your area and they might can give you some ideas. It sounds like you need a break, even if it's just a day or two a week. Perhaps there's a center that your child can attend even if it's only a half day... at least you would get some sort of a break.

Please let us know more about your son's condition (if you care to share) and perhaps some of these catty posters may actually be able to let you in on their 'wisdom' since they seem to know so much.