by External Article | Oct 1, 2021 | For Friends & Family, Occasional Caregiving |
For reasons I still can’t grasp, Conway — a brain-damaged burn victim with seven fingers — never could qualify for disability. Caroline was managing their day-to-day lives while working a low-wage job as a medical courier, picking up extra shifts when she could to...
by External Article | Jan 29, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling, Long Term Caregiving |
Duane was born healthy, as far as anyone could tell, but when he was three months old he was attacked by his first grand-mal seizure, with countless more to follow. He was diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy, and his seizures were so brutal...
by External Article | Sep 12, 2013 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Occasional Caregiving |
Radiolab talks to Janet and Kevin about their relationship. She was hesitant about getting romantically involved with him at first, because of his epilepsy. They’d met because of it, when she started giving him rides to their office after he had to stop driving....
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