Kind of a rude response to an honest question. The point of the question is that taking care of a severely disabled child takes some dignity out of the parent's

Kind of a rude response to an honest question. The point of the question is that taking care of a severely disabled child takes some dignity out of the parent's life. Their whole world for however long that child is alive is about that child and only that child. It's appropriate to ask what the motivating factor is, because the answer isn't always obvious to someone who doesn't have to think about taking care of a disabled child.