Feeling the need to rant and maybe rave too!

I am really sick and tired hearing about all these wealthy people who have "CURED" their autistic child. I mean seriously, this is not a "curable" disability. Ok so they can afford full time Behavioral Assistants and Nanny's and Therapists and anything else they can buy to help their child. What about the rest of us who struggle every day to figure out how to work full time and get home before our special children get off the bus from school because we can't afford to have full time help. There are no afterschool programs for these special children within 50 miles and I live in a Central NJ, not exactly in the middle of no where.

So am I lucky to live in New Jersey? Here there are certain services that the state will provide to a special needs child here. Do you have any clue what you have to go through to get these services? Then there is the DDD, another agency who is suppose to help our special children, you not only have to fill out a book to start the process of intake but then you have to gather documentation from every doctor, school, test, person your child has every had contact with while at the same time proving they are a real person with birth certificates, passports and social security cards. Yes all this while trying to raise a special needs child alone, work full time and be there when the bus arrives from school with a smile on your face prepared to deal with a child who asks over and over again the same questions?

My Not Otherwise Specified child is enthralled with numbers, time, age, etc. He spends his day counting and trying to figure out how this number relates to that number. Most of the time he already knows the answer to his questions so why does he keep asking them over and over again? Why can't I be a "rich" person who can afford to have the full time help this child needs so he can also be "cured".