There are some people who, in the prime of their lives, cannot conceive of getting old. They imagine that only other people have babies with disabling conditions. They champion independence and despise infirmity. Those people might believe that if anything catastrophic ever DID happen to them, then surely the government
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Amanda Telford Is A Good Mother
Families of adult children with disabilities in Ontario, Canada, are in the news today. An Ottawa mother, Amanda Telford, ‘abandoned’ her son Phillip (aged 19) in the offices of Ontario Social Services and the lines in her tearful, exhausted face tell a story of frustration, isolation and lack of support
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