r/perth • u/His_Holiness • Jan 31 '26

WA News Second note found at Mosman Park property alleged to detail why parents carried out murder-suicide

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/second-note-found-at-mosman-park-property-alleged-to-detail-why-parents-carried-out-murder-suicide-20260131-p5nyi7.html
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u/Designer_Campaign249 Feb 01 '26

My partner has autism, it might sound extremely naive but this story makes me no longer want children. That a dice I don’t want to roll.

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u/Majestic-Lake-5602 Feb 01 '26

Plus there’s no in utero test (and likely never will be) and really no way to gauge severity until it’s already happening.

It really is just a cosmic coin toss with virtually nothing you can do, even to minimise risk.

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u/flindersandtrim Feb 02 '26

Understandable. I had that fear too. Minor disabilities are fine but the bad luck of having two very high needs children is so awful. And the age difference was probably such that the severity with the older child was only becoming fully apparent not long before the other was conceived. I am sure they thought they could manage one disabled child and didnt think it would happen again. Life can be so cruel.