How can the Pro-Life community help disabled/mentally ill people and their families?

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Sadly, most politicians who support restricting access to abortion also support cutting Medicaid: not just because of restricting access to abortion/birth control, but also because they want people to work! Trust me, there are many disabled people out there who have a very strong work ethic.
Sadly, the Social Security laws make it hard for people with disabilities receiving SSI to be able to save up money in order live independently WITHOUT losing Medicaid. Although the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act of 2014 DOES allow an individual to create a special tax-free savings account that will not jeopardize receiving SSI/SNAP/Medicaid, there are restrictions there.
But since they deal with things in the long-term, they often get ignored.
My solution? Get Special Olympics to the front of the March for Life, as the KofC is one of their BIGGEST supporters. It gets the faces of a marginalized (and often aborted) community OUT THERE for the rest of the Pro-life community to see.
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Another thing that I wish more people who are pro-life would recognize is mental health. For example, when Robert Lewis Dear, Jr. shot up the Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs in November 2015, this is what of Steven Ertelt wrote:
As soon as details came to light about the mental health status of alleged Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Lewis Dear, pro-life advocates defending themselves against false accusations that Dear somehow was a pro-life activist motivated by videos Planned Parenthood selling aborted baby parts knew that the truth was far different. They understood that Dear is no more than a mentally troubled human being with a long criminal record who friends and family described as an incoherent rambler.
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Ahh, much better. The change of scenery is quite refreshing, ain’t it?
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I have a sister who is mentally ill for about 45 years now. She is under the care of a guardian who administer her affairs. She lives in semi-independent housing that requires the resident to participate in household tasks. She is free to move about for the most part, but there are lifestyle restrictions.

What she needs is companionship that is not family, because close friends and family freak her out. She needs companionship that is friendly and enjoyable.

Many of her acquaintances are on the street, or go from place to place. For these people, food and shelter are a need. If you have a clothing bank and food bank in your area these are worth contributing to.

I like this saying:
if you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you, one belongs to the poor.
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Charity and hospices/hospitals to care for them seems like an obvious answer, to those who can. Our personal commitment to those with such also seems like a clear answer. I sense there are many ways of putting such things in action.
 
Have you read about St Dymphna? She was murdered by her mentally ill father in what is now Geel, Belgium. See the section here called A Model for Psychiatry.

Because of her miracles, mentally ill people began coming to the town, and the townspeople worked to figure out what to do with them. They started having the mentally ill people stay with them as members of their families and they were integrated into the town.

I think it would be great if we could do this sort of thing more.
 
From personal experience: try to treat people like people and not just charity cases. Remember that things like disability and mental illness span a spectrum. Someone may need assistance due to need, but should still be treated like a competent adult as far as possible.

People with disabilities have a much higher rate of being victims abuse and domestic violence. Some of this is increased dependency making it harder to leave. Some of it is that they’re often not seen as credible.
 
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