Nobody is suggesting she's stupid.
Hagar (and everyone else), if you felt I was accusing you of suggesting that, then I apologize.
All I was saying is that Retarded people may know more that you think they do.
Also, I never read anything that said she was "stone deaf". Also if she is completely blind, then why does she wear glasses?
I think, judging from the pictures, that though she is legally blind and deaf, she can still hear and see a little.
But her life (and that of her family) in a lot of ways, sounds like a big, dark, tunnel...no light at the end.
However, I do have issue with whom gets sued and, particularly with an individual, why (if they were operating according to law/procedures, it's not they who should be sued).
You also have a point there H. My father, a district judge downstate, handled a case where a deaf couple (who had lost custody of their children in a case) sued their attorneys. He told me that no matter how he ruled, they still wouldn't have their kids back and the case felt pointless (in the end, he ruled in favor of the attorneys).
I just find that this is one of those cases where the story is probably not as simple as it seems, and though it may sound funny to think about, it's really not.
