Andrea Dunlop

You know, what we hear from those parents, and we have, you know, a fair number of parents of disabled kids that listen to the show, so I've, you know, talked to them and heard their feedback, is that they really try so hard to make, to have their children have normal experience, you know, quote, sort of normal experiences, you know, or just like interactions with their peers, have as much of a life outside of their medical situations as possible.

And so, like, there's just no scenario, I think, where having a child be isolated that profoundly could ever be good for a child.

I agree.

Yeah.

And so, you know, you were in a situation, which is, again, very common, where doctors clearly suspected abuse.

You know, the doctors who spoke in the documentary describe this.

You know, one of them, I believe, describes seeing you walk and that you were in a wheelchair.

And I think...

For those of us that are knowledgeable about abuse, just absolutely tearing our hair out at that comment because you understand that this doctor is breaching their ethics and honestly breaking mandatory reporting laws because I just think, sir, you're describing a massive red flag for abuse and you did not report it.

And, you know, we've covered situations on this show, a couple of them, where children died because of doctors' failure to report abuse that they suspected that they knew about, that they described very accurately, like what you are describing as abuse and you are describing a situation where you did not report it.

I'd imagine that's really a hard thing for you to reflect on.

And actually, you talked in an interview about that you at some point were considering legal action against some of those doctors.

Yeah.

Thank you so much for listening to the first part of my conversation with Gypsy.

And hey, there's much more to come.

So we'll be back next week with part two.

Nobody Should Believe Me is produced and hosted by me, Andrea Dunlop.

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