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Bureaucracy Never Gives a Road Map
Plus: The national push for Medicaid payments to 5.4 million family caregivers; and, Texas schools see sharp increases in special education students…
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Town Halls are where the action is at, apparently
Plus: Medicaid bill breakdown; DOJ may skip probe of teacher who dragged a nonverbal child down a hallway; Study says accommodations should probably be…
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Mind the Gap: Activists Rally For Paid Parents in Oregon
Plus: Idaho family caregiver program to end; Aspiring doctor with CP blocked by institutionalists; Study says parents of disabled kids struggle to play…
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Why does everyone think they have ADHD?
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Oregon paid parent caregiver bill draws 'most compelling' testimony as advocates await its fate
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Julie Beckett’s legacy is honoring the role parents play in raising disabled children
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Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Medical Motherhood Games!
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New cartoon! Back to school means more time... right?
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We medical mamas have our own secret language...
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Medicaid, Medicaid, Medicaid
The debate over how to spend these dollars spills out into the mainstream
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What not to give us for Mother's Day
Plus: Medical Motherhood Games winners!
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The start of Year... Five? ...Really?
Celebrating four years of Medical Motherhood
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Enter to win the Medical Motherhood Games!
Plus: How a young girl saved disability funding in Arizona; a look at how federal cuts might affect special education; and a disabled student may win…
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Autism registry sparks many questions
Plus: A reprieve for Arizona and Idaho paid parent caregivers; A new study finds a quarter of disability families have higher medical costs; SCOTUS case…
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Resources for police and autism awareness in wake of teen's death
Plus: The dark history of 'Wellness Farms' and a leaked document shows plans for a 30 percent cut and major reorganization at HHS
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Will evil triumph? Find out in this week's edition of the Disability Defender!
Plus: Arizona brinksmanship over parent providers continues; Social Security glitch spreads panic; and could disabled kids be better served without the…
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Each Sunday, read the latest on Medicaid, special education and more for people raising disabled and neurodivergent children.
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