KC Ahlers’ infant son, Randy James, or “RJ,” was diagnosed with two rare medical conditions when he was born in July. Although the family has insurance, Angela Ahlers wrote that the bills are beginning to stack up. Last week, he spotted a sign posted below one of his own that read: “Stop asking for money. KC Ahlers told local news station WTVG that the sign “shocked” him and that it was hard to believe that someone could display that level of “cruelty.” “I came out. Unfortunately, the Ahlers family’s dilemma and societal attitudes around disabilities — like the one displayed on the sign — are not uncommon.

Source: Huffington Post November 18, 2019 21:45 UTC