A Nebraska woman left her 18-year-old daughter who has learning disabilities and bipolar disorder at an area hospital under the state’s safe-haven law, which allows parents to abandon unwanted children. The woman said that her daughter refused medications and was uncontrollable, reports The Associated Press. To read more click here. But is it okay to throw up your hands, particularly if a child has a disability?

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