Thank you for sharing this. My husband and I are in our early 60’s. About two years ago, it became necessary for us to take in my special needs brother who is 65(he has Intellectual disabiities). I have a sister about 2 hours away who helps when she can. I have been working on a post/essay to write about this. Taking care of special needs children or adults is full of so many different challenges. I do have a group of people we meet with once a week and one particular new friend shared with me that she is a single parent. Special needs children grow into special needs adults. It is a lifetime of care. I write this to just bring awareness to all families that become caretakers—that even includes adults caring for Parents as they age. We could all use those who reach out
Thank you so much for this post, Mike. This need is very real in all of the examples you cite, but especially in the realm of those of us with Special Needs children ... and it really doesn't take much.
Thank you for sharing this. My husband and I are in our early 60’s. About two years ago, it became necessary for us to take in my special needs brother who is 65(he has Intellectual disabiities). I have a sister about 2 hours away who helps when she can. I have been working on a post/essay to write about this. Taking care of special needs children or adults is full of so many different challenges. I do have a group of people we meet with once a week and one particular new friend shared with me that she is a single parent. Special needs children grow into special needs adults. It is a lifetime of care. I write this to just bring awareness to all families that become caretakers—that even includes adults caring for Parents as they age. We could all use those who reach out
Thank you so much for this post, Mike. This need is very real in all of the examples you cite, but especially in the realm of those of us with Special Needs children ... and it really doesn't take much.
Thank you Mike .