Posts filed under: parenting

June 26
UPI
Parents of disabled lack support
U.S. researchers are calling for more environmental and social supports to help families caring for children with physical and mental challenges.
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Filed Under: children, parenting, public policy

March 3
The Daily Beast
The Overmedicated Myth
Aren’t all kids on some kind of medication? Isn’t everyone diagnosed with something these days? Isn’t ADD as common as the sniffles?
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Filed Under: children, healthcare, parenting

Dec. 27, 2009
The Washington Post
Military helps families find care for special-needs kids
When her husband, a Marine Corps colonel, was transferred last summer from the Pentagon to a base in southern California, Karen Driscoll was forced to confront her autistic child's new school district and the intricacies of federal special education law.
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Filed Under: K-12, children, education, military, parenting, veteran

Dec. 26, 2009
The Washington Post
Md. women raising disabled brothers now each other's anchors
On a summer day last year, Padma Soundararajan lost most of her family in a head-on collision in India. In an instant, her parents and two teenage sisters were gone.
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Filed Under: autism spectrum, children, developmental disability, long-term care, parenting

Dec. 23, 2009
ABC News
Quadriplegic Mother Fights for Custody of Son
A quadriplegic mother is fighting her ex-boyfriend in court to retain custody of their son. The ex-boyfriend claims she cannot be a competent mother because of her disability. It is a case that touches on important questions about the rights of the disabled.
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