Caregivers of very vulnerable loved ones who have extremely high needs are at high risk to being accused of abuse. I know, because it happened to me. And there are many other loving and responsible parents of children with severe disabilities who report similar scenarios. In 2005, my son Nicholas
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down – Learning from Tragedy
I had to dry my tears and compose myself before beginning this post. It was a book that had made me cry – “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman.
This is a story about a Laotian family of refugees in California whose daug…
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