Archive | November, 2009
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Funding and Support

by jennifer on 21. Nov, 2009 in funding

(a walk down mid-town Toronto’s beltline path…) Among us parents of children with disabilities who qualify for government support, there are several hot topics that come up in conversation – even when we’ve just met.  The biggest one, always asked with a slight hesitation, is ‘How much are you getting?’.  I think the hesitation comes [...]

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Do Not Resuscitate

by jennifer on 07. Nov, 2009 in family, medical, musings

I had one signed this week.  (The form is signed by a physician, not the parent.)  After months of sitting on the document, I decided to finally just do it. It wasn’t actually a fraught decision;  I have always known my own limits for what interventions for Owen are acceptable and what are not.  The [...]

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