by External Article | Mar 1, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child |
On March 1 every year, communities gather to read aloud the names of disabled people killed by their caregivers. When stories are reported in a way that normalizes, exonerates, or even exalts caregivers who murder disabled people, Gross said, they may encourage... 
by External Article | Dec 27, 2020 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner |
I was disabled, and she became my legs; over the years, as I grew sicker, I became more and more dependent on her care-giving and support. She always ran ahead of our lives to see whether I could handle the terrain—and I believed that she didn’t mind. I thought she... 
by External Article | Sep 11, 2017 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation |
When I was a kid, my Dad taught me all about werewolves. Little did I know he was preparing me to understand his depression. Decades later, the werewolf analogy still helps me make sense of my father. Because, as with a werewolf, it is impossible to peel the man and... 
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