For the First Time, National Caregiver Study Includes 4 Million Family Caregivers to Children, Highlights Paid Family Caregiving Options

Plus: How the government shutdown is affecting disability organizations; and New York advocates from the left and right see need for higher caregiving…

Nov 2 • 

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October 2025

What a Time to Be in D.C.

Plus: Maine's paid parent program is completely inaccessible; Florida moms continue fight for required nursing services; Arizona families get a brief…

Oct 26 • 

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The Blue Space Banshee Haunts Parking Space Cheaters

Plus: The theory behind decimating federal special education jobs; Record spending in Idaho still not enough to bring schools into ADA compliance…

Oct 19 • 

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Do You Know What You're Signing At Check-In?

Plus: New study identifies differences in age of autism diagnosis; North Carolina parents dread Medicaid cuts; Maltese showing of Unseen documentary…

Oct 12 • 

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It's The Spooky Month: Lean In

Plus: How the shutdown will affect disability services; Ohio parents struggle with child care; U.K. study finds a third of medical parents are suicidal

Oct 5

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September 2025

Colorado Slashes Family Caregiver Pay

Plus: Scientists celebrate $50M in credible autism studies under Trump’s NIH but federal disability discrimination complaints skyrocket while…

Sep 28 • 

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Arizona families face 'catastrophic' cuts to home care for disabled children

Plus: A medical mama fought and won the right to accommodations in the workplace, a ruling that covers the entire European Union and the U.S. Congress…

Sep 21 • 

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Adding 'Emergency Planner' to the Mom Resume

Plus: Trump administration cuts land on Arizona paid parent program, children's hospitals and other disability programs, and AI leads to innovations in…

Sep 14 • 

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UN says 21,000 Children Have Disabilities as a Result of the War in Gaza

Plus: Sibshop award-winner wants to become the doctor that her brother needed and New York Times readers respond to a conservative's plea for Medicaid

Sep 7 • 

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August 2025

Pediatricians Urge Better Support for Families Shouldering Home Care for Disabled Children

Plus: MIT accepts first nonspeaking student; Trump budget bill makes permanent ABLE savings account flexibilities

Aug 31

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Disability organizations warn of secret plan to defund IDEA Part D

Plus: A Republican medical mama's rationale for funding Medicaid; Justice for Maine disabled children threatened by lack of oversight, suit claims

Aug 24 • 

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Indiana Moms Win Injunction Against Loss of Caregiver Pay

Plus: Children in mental health crisis wait days in emergency rooms, worsening their condition; New report shows family caregivers under increasing…

Aug 17 • 

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