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Tethered to a ventilator for most of his life, how Ryan Lythall found his voice

Tethered to a ventilator for most of his life, how Ryan Lythall found his voice

by External Article | Jun 18, 2022 | 24/7 Caregiving, Caring for a Child, Generation X, Housing, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

His story? When Lythall was six-months-old, his mother, Irene, rushed him to CHEO where he had an emergency intubation that saved his life. He has rarely taken a breath without mechanical help since that day. He spent the next six years in CHEO’s intensive care unit,...
Gone, not forgotten: sister reflects on her brother’s institutionalized life

Gone, not forgotten: sister reflects on her brother’s institutionalized life

by External Article | Mar 15, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Sibling, Long Term Caregiving | 0 comments

Bill was born in 1956 with Down syndrome. When he was 2½, my parents took him to what was then known as the Ontario Hospital School at Smiths Falls. We visited him every month as a family, but he never came home again. My parents, and thousands of others like them,...

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