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They should, and I imagine they do, have enough support to ensure the children are clothed, fed, schooled and enjoy a minimum standard of living. However, incentivizing childhood disability opens up a whole new and rather dangerous gray area I think.

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Perhaps, but I'd venture that due to the rare and unique opportunity presented here, this moral hazard should be braved.

I doubt a line of twins joined at the brain will show up looking for handouts.

True, I'm thinking more of the dullards who might go from squeezing out more kids so they can collect the welfare, to squeezing out disabled kids in the hope of a bigger payout. It's perverse, but it's hardly as if the first case is rare. I'm still assuming basic disability and child benefits of course.

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