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Cost of Raising a Child with Special Needs

Date Submitted: 04/19/2004 22:27:35
Category: / Literature / English
Length: 3 pages (948 words)
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The Cost of Raising a Child with Special Needs The cost of raising a child with Spina Bifida, a birth defect that affects the spinal cord, poses a serious question to the parent(s). Will I be able to provide, and pay for all of my child’s special needs? Prenatal care including tests, ultra sounds, surgeries for the birth, and repair of the cyst on the infants spinal cord, along with placing a shunting …

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…should not be the determining factor. The key decision when birthing and raising a child, who has special needs, should not be whether the parent can pay for the doctor bills, or will the child be provided for. Rather, will I be able to love my child, and take care of him or her, to the best of my ability, without letting the cost related to Spina Bifida affect my judgement on rearing my child.

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