What do you say to the "nt" child when he askes will his brother ever be ok ???

Last night Gerald and I had a very long discussion about Daniel and his future. Gerald is very obsessed with Daniel escaping and dying. And not a little bit, I think it overwhelms him and controls his life. I have thought I might need to seek counseling for him, but so far I just keep trying to talk thru his fears.

I told him while that I still have hope that Daniel will talk and overcome his disability, that I do not know that it will happen and its very possible he will be this way his entire life. I don't like giving false promises. I think I know in my heart that Daniel will never be self sufficient. I tried to emphasize that Daniel is a very happy child and does not have worries or fears about his future and that he will be happy. He asked if there wasnt some way to teach Daniel about death so that he would be afraid or aware of dangers...I said I had no idea how to teach that and also told him that It would be kinda nice not having that worry in ones life.

Just seems there was more that i could have said.