Funding and Support

(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 from [...]

Filed under: funding on November 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Do Not Resuscitate

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 standard [...]

Filed under: family, medical, musings on November 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments »