The Buck Stops Here

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Every parent knows the feeling of picking up the slack when systems fail, but for parents of disabled children, this isn’t an occasional inconvenience — it’s a full-time, unpaid job. When insurance companies fail to communicate, we’re expected to chase down approvals. When schools are short-staffed, we become the one-on-one aides. When hospitals are ove…