The Laws of Being a Mentch Developmental Disabilities Rabbi Leiby Burnham 5 19 16

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today's conversation is about developmental disabilities it's a very sensitive subject and one that we are going to try to discuss from a few different angles let me first make a blessing baruch adonai eloheynu melech ha'olam Shak Olney epidural I want to first start by reading to you eventually I had start by reading to you eventually I had on the sheep I'm going to read to you from here now a first-hand account appearance who who had a child with developmental disabilities okay and it's guilty here we go I'm going to read it to you in the beginning Brian and Jacqueline ratner were focused on what their oldest child Jared could not do he could not talk could not walk did not could not talk could not walk did not play with toys did not take the toilet training missed most developmental milestones hoping for a diagnosis and a cure they took him to research centers at Harvard and Yale thinking it might be some rare genetic disorder like tay-sachs which disproportionately affects Ashkenazi Jews that had his blood shipped to Israel for analysis and flew to England to meet with more specialists ten years ago at age three specialists ten years ago at age three he was given a diagnosis of Engelmann syndrome which is characterized by mental displays delays sorry jerky body motions and a good deal of smiling and laughing jared has a sweet disposition but then they undiagnosed him mr. Ratner said they didn't know what it was but it wasn't that and so the radner's began focusing on who Jared

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1. 0:00today's conversation is about developmental disabilities it's a very sensitive subject and one that we are…
2. 4:04Jarrett continues to love unconditionally he's thrilled to see me every morning mr. Ratner said I…
3. 8:42an aide spike genetic screening her parents say she appears to have whatever Jarrett has the…
4. 13:28I can't take the risk who knows how many times a soul has bounced back and…
5. 18:26but LM elokim burro so in the image of God he created him the Haruna Kaiba…
6. 23:06they connect emotionally with a mitzvah you want to help them shape shake a Lulla that's…
7. 27:18no Mitzvah since the idea of Hinnom does not apply to them since they will never…
8. 32:12capable to care for those children okay yes that directly you may have someone here who's…
9. 37:21different times at one point the daughter for a year straight for this yelling and screaming…
10. 42:04it wouldn't count as an out but here was the championship and everyone knows and he…

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