Dutch assisted suicide programs have euthanized an increasing amount of autistic and mentally handicapped youths, a British study found.
otherwise healthy individuals with autism and intellectual handicaps in recent years, researchers have found.
The study noted that in many cases, doctors determined there was"no prospect of improvement" for intellectually challenged individuals because there is no treatment for their handicap. "There’s no doubt in my mind these people were suffering," Tuffrey-Wijne said."But is society really OK with sending this message, that there’s no other way to help them, and it’s just better to be dead?"
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