(via Daily Dish)
[A poignant piece – and it raises some of the toughest questions regarding care: How do we strike a proper balance between the patient's well-being and our own, as caretakers? How can we dispassionately assess improvements when patients have trouble communicating? Who do we trust when the medical community and families are at odds? Finally, why are there so few answers for autism??? Clearly this family was grasping at straws. I wish them well. -Ed.]
Douglas Faneuil is the founder of Living Proof Productions, a not-for-profit devoted to suicide prevention based in New York City. He also designs database solutions for companies throughout the Northeast.