Treatment keeps girl child-sized

ken · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Karma :

this story made me have a little think

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6229799.stm

I have some questions here, is this something that you could and would do for your child, if they were in this little girl’s predicament?

Also could this be used in some way to stop the ageing process, or is this girl going to have a 60 year old face (if she lives that long obviously) on her 9 year old body?

And there also seems to be a lot of sexual related comments made, i.e. about removing her sexual “bits and bobs” incase of sexual abuse, bearing in mind she can’t move her head off the pillow, which could be interoperated that the “anonymous parents” might want no evidence of abuse, yes that’s very cynical I know
In reality it’s my opinion that that they want to make there lives as easy as possible, as it is a very demanding job looking after disable people

Any thoughts
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ginguar · Traffic Copper Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Karma :

I have mixed opinions about this. I manage a care home for people with learning disabilities and know how demanding it can be. It seems slightly unethical to try and keep her small but one of the main reasons parents give up their disabled offspring is because they become too big for them to physically care for. That said where does it stop, cut off her arms and legs and she'll be even easier to care for...

msgander · Brolly Dolly Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Karma :

I dont really think anyone can comment until they are placed in that position, I see arguments from both sides....
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palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

Wouldn't want my child to live such a 'life'.

J0Al1 · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Karma :

It's really hard to comment. I can only say I would think any parent would take all the advise they are given weigh up the pros and conns and make the best decision they can for their child. As anyone with kids will understand how devistatingly hard these type of desicions must be.

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ken · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Karma :

what I would like to know is will she grow old in a childs body?

if she stays looking young, you would say Goodbye to ageing cream

My answer to weather I would do this is NO

let nature take it's natural course, it will get harder for the parents, but so what,

I wouldn’t have my child cut and shut, for the benefit of making my life easy

I would deal with it, oh and seek sanctuary in alcohol of course
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tribal_tiger · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Karma :

I don't think anyone can really know for sure what they would do until they are in that situation. Morals are all well and good, but when your having to deal with a situation like this day after day your views would probably change very quickly.

What i want to know is if this stuff could be used on kittens? Cats are great but they loose some of their fun when they grow up! Who here would want a kitten that never grew up? EVERYONE!

You could even expand and open a pet shop selling perminant baby animal cuteness. Go get a baby tiger or a baby polar bear!

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Dragonfly · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Karma :

I have only been in the situation where i have had to look after one person with serious disabilties. Their parents cant cope with 24 hour care of feeding,changing,bathing,dresssing and basically everything they cant do for themselfs. Sadly most are placed in the care home and rarely visited and forgotten about.

I am not sure of my oppion on this case but part of me dosnt agree with it as she will be left in this state for a long time and most care homes are not great with care and staffing, if the parents chose to look after her for the rest of her days well they will be very tired people, eventually she will go into care. I need all the facts first and as alot said to be in the parents situation.
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Annabella · Like a person, only smaller Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

There is more information on the website that the family started which can be found here .

The website is written by the parents of Ashley, and clearly they are intelligent, balanced people. They believe that the treatment they have chosen for their child is for her benefit entirely.

There are also some very lovely photographs of Ashley showing her range of facial expressions and obvious emotions. She appears very happy and is clearly loved.
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Vincey B · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Karma :

Its annoyed me a lot how this has been reported (especially ITV news).

They did the story about the American family then cut straight to an English family where they had a child who was mentally disabled but otherwise able to walk around and function physically and asked if they would like to do the same.

Surely the issue here is that the American girl has the mental and physical abilities of a 3 month old baby, and cannot even move her head, let alone move about in a bed. It doesnt really make any sense to compare to other cases unless they are similarly disabled.