Over a period of 14 years of caring for my son, we had moved twice; three provinces, three unique...
Category: Caring for a Child
Many of us are providing care to a child. Some have disabilities that were apparent at birth, while others become apparent or develop in time. Some children have conditions or injuries they recover from, while others live with life-long health management and care needs. While adults with disabilities aren’t children, posts discussing caring for adult children and grandchildren can be found here.
‘I hate giving you bad news’
Danielle Hernandez is 30 and has Stage 4 breast cancer. As she calls her mother Violeta in Florida...
My baby daughter spent nine days on a ventilator. Here’s how it transformed my marriage.
They didn’t tell me they were going to intubate my daughter until seconds before it happened. It...
My Child Has a Disability. What Will Her Education Be Like This Year?
When our younger child received an autism diagnosis at 3, my husband and I had no premonition of...
My son is Black and living with autism. How do I protect him from police brutality?
For any Black parent, the talk is a difficult moment. For those of us with children with autism,...
Winnipeg woman beaten by 16-year-old son with autism says she can no longer care for him
A Winnipeg woman says she's no longer able to care for her 16-year-old son, who has autism,...
How a Game With My Daughter Helped Us Cope With Quarantine and the Past
Louise (also an alternate name) is an 8-year-old with a gentle temperament and a great sense of...
This Food Delivery Worker Won’t Let Coronavirus Get in Her Way
In the daytime, she’s taking care of her daughter, De’Onna, 20, who has cerebral palsy. At night,...
Caring for my Husband and Daughter
I am 71 years old and have been taking care of my 36 year old daughter who was born with...
When the Police Stop a Teenager With Special Needs
A man in his mid-20s regularly roams the streets of my small town in the middle of the night. He...
The Burnout that Special Needs Parents Experience
From Donna Thomson: Caregiving is not a competition. But this is a special shoutout to parents of...
‘It’s Pretty Brutal’: The Sandwich Generation Pays a Price
When Tanya Brice’s mother moved into her apartment in Owings Mills, Md., five years ago, she was...
360 Caregiver
https://youtu.be/D2tgY0yny30 Ariam Alula I returned to journalism school in 2018 to be a part of...
I Can’t Die Before My Son
What she feared more than death was the thought of leaving her son alone in the world. After all,...
More help needed for kids with disabilities who age out of care system, parents say
For most adults, their 21st birthday is an exciting time marking another step toward independence....
Caring for the caregiver: Raising children with a disability or chronic disease
Amy Illingworth’s world was turned upside down when her two-year-old daughter, Victoria, was...
Growing Up Ethan: How do you find independence when you’re coming of age with autism?
In the fall of 2006, when I reached out to the Floquet-McGovern family as part of a photography...
Navigating the transformation from loved one to caregiver
[I]n the twenty-first century, becoming a caregiver is a transformation that comes at us because...
Despite his dementia and her autism, my father and my daughter make a connection
I touch my father’s shoulder to let him know we’re here, but – for the first time – he doesn’t...
Learning To Let Go When Your Teen Has A Chronic Disease
On doctor’s advice, we had ceded control to my stepson over his meds. He needed to have the...
Where Should a Child Die? Hospice Homes Help Families With the Unimaginable
The Grafs had reluctantly started Parker on hospice at 7 months. “When it comes to the word...
What To Do When Your Teenager Has Depression
Now 48 years old with a child of my own, I can’t imagine how upsetting it must have been for my...
Meet The Mother Changing The Conversation Around Autism
Charlie, the oldest of Lamb’s two sons, has nonverbal autism — a form of autism spectrum disorder...
This is what parenting a child with behavior disorders looks like
Our son is seven, first diagnosed at four and a half with four additional diagnoses added in the...