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Feds Reward Parents for Putting Kids on Psychotropic Drugs
From the Unintended Side Effects Department:SSI has its own set of side effects on children. The benefit was a lot like welfare, better in many ways, but it came with a catch: To qualify, a child had to be disabled. And if the disability was mental or behavioral something like ADHD the child pretty much had to be taking psychotropic drugs. Geneva Fielding of Boston was struggling to raise her three sons on her income as a single mother. Her two oldest sons were particularly troublesome. She applied for SSI for them. Neither was on medications; both were rejected. Then last year, school officials persuaded her to let her 10-year-old try a drug for his impulsiveness. Within weeks, his SSI application was approved. To get the check, Fielding, 34, has concluded with regret, youve got to medicate the child. Once a family gets on SSI, the benefit (around $700 a month) is hard to let go of. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-20 |
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