The scene is becoming more familiar in communities across the country. An aging parent, usually the mother, weeps bitterly as she is forced to surrender custodial care of an adult child with special needs. After caring for a loved one for fifty years or more, separation can be excruciating. However, the mother is now in [...]
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Aging Parents Caring for Their Adult Children With Special Needs
Posted in Health, autism, children, parents, tagged aging, grandparents on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reflecting
Posted in Health, autism, children, parents, tagged autism, children, information, parents on May 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
11 years ago this past Saturday to be exact, my wonderful son was born, and life as I had known it changed. My husband and I new that having children would make a difference in our lives. Back then we didn’nt know what we later came to know as the World of Autism.
All during my pregnancy [...]
