DEAR ABBY: I have a 54-year-old profoundly disabled, nonverbal child who is in a group home. I have been advocating for her since birth, when we learned she had suffered severe brain damage. The ...

Mothering does not end when our kids are 18 or 21. Mothering adult children is hard, and very few parenting books focus on this very long period in the parent-child relationship. Mothering adult ...

As potential Medicaid cuts loom over millions of Americans, parents of children with severe disabilities are trying to grapple with what life might look like without the health care program. “If we ...

Stacy Staggs's 11-year-old daughter will never eat or breathe on her own. Five times a day, Staggs or a nurse feeds her daughter, Emma Staggs, doctor-prescribed formula through a feeding tube at home.

The reconciliation bill that just passed out of committee in the House proposes cutting Medicaid and therefore gutting essential services upon which disabled and older people rely. Capitol Police ...