We are on day 18 of waiti
for our special needs Chi
me this video on Monday,
parking lot outside the e
in Lapeer while she waite
old special needs son Cas
in with a broken foot, th
sit there for 18 days to
because the way our state
health and special needs
is where we're at Carrie
KC eight years ago and si
the deck stacked against
fetal alcohol syndrome an
a whole host of mood diso
disabilities that affect
life. When he gets upset,
in his brain. That's how
he can't stop them. So he
ways to stop them. We tal
this week, just outside t
she waited for a psychiat
She's been waiting here s
suicide on june 10th. He
the road to try to run in
like, I'm just going to j
and they can hit me when
No one at McLaren hospita
needed help immediately.
help to give him. This is
hospital and all the priv
in the state said they we
security is too high. The
personnel to handle his s
basically too sick to be
special needs. He's being
for help. So here, they c
can just hold him and try
We've had some really rou
he had to be in restraint
day with small breaks in
just was not safe at all
of other Children who hav
This is their last hope.
in Northville is the only
hospital for Children. An
for treatment here is hig
Hawthorne is big enough t
kids, it's funded to trea
is treating just 46. The
and Human Services, which
refused an interview for
did governor Gretchen Whi
one lawmaker did not duck
hawthorne and says it's c
be helping more Children.
center a few years ago an
50% of the building. It's
mary white furred is a re
County who says now is th
hawthorne and take it fro
kids to 100. She's propos
use some of the federal c
to double the number of C
there today. That this is
why I really appreciate t
up. People don't care unt
they're actually faced wi
feeling of being a parent
that they know their chil
know more psych meds does
If it's not coupled with
based services. Kyle Will
director for disability r
nonprofit group that figh
of Children like Casey. H
we don't have enough beds
the problem is bigger tha
recently sued the state o
families whose Children f
approved in home psychiat
came, Williams says if we
like Casey on the front e
be enough beds to treat t
a crisis. We can judge ou
with our community mental
by minimizing the amount
that need to be in psychi
mom says it's clear tonig
improve the community tre
kids like her is healthy
we have enough beds to tr
aren't. There is no safet
still sitting here and we
long it'll be. How long d
waiting for help? The ans
morning after 12 year old
admitted here at the Hawt