Why do We Keep Punishing People With Special Needs and Their Families?
I’m not a health policy expert or a lawyer. I’m just a mother. But I’m a mother who happens to have two children with Down syndrome and knows and understands …
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From the Mother’s Perspective: Life as a Couple When Raising Children with Special Needs
Lea en español, aquí, Every time people learn of my divorced status as the mother of two children with Down syndrome, they immediately assume my marital failure is due to …
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Planning For Your Child with Special Needs’ Future, Without You
Lea este artículo en español en este enlace, My mother died of cancer almost 23 years ago. It was a terrible experience for us as a family. Her departure was …
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Celebrating International Women’s Day As An Immigrant in the US
As an immigrant in this country whose first language is certainly not English, I’m not always as eloquent as I would be in my first language, Spanish. Still, when I …
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