Like many parents during this holiday season, I recently attended a Christmas pageant that included my daughter. Stacy is a happy, giggly, beautiful young woman, who is also profoundly intellectually disabled. Unfortunately, my UCLA Clinical Faculty obstetrician in Santa Monica, CA, despite monitoring us weekly, missed noting the severe intrauterine growth restriction. At 36 weeks, he told me the ultrasound showed Stacy was 6 pounds. California currently has a wonderful infrastructure to provide a humanitarian environment for individuals who are differently abled.

Source: Huffington Post December 24, 2017 20:26 UTC