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I Know Medicaid Keeps My Kid Alive and My Family Together, But I Don’t Always Know How to Explain It

What You Need to Know (and Say) About Medicaid Right Now If you’re raising a disabled or medically complex child, ...
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The Caregiver Experience of Medical Discrimination: You’re Not Alone, And You’re Not Powerless

Not long ago, we asked our community to share if they’d ever experienced inappropriate comments and interactions with medical providers. ...
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Medicaid Myths and Misconceptions around Medically Complex Families

When it comes to Medicaid, we’re hearing a lot of talking points and not all of them are totally accurate… ...
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Caregivers, Our Voices Matter!

…And it’s the most powerful tool we have! Caregivers of medically complex children know what it means to fight. We ...
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Navigating the Caregiver Continuum: From Diagnosis to Advocacy

Mapping the Evolving Journey of Medically Complex Caregivers and the Road to Systemic Change Caregivers of children with medically complex ...
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How Caregivers Cope When They Feel Like They Can Never Relax

Hey caregiver, do you ever feel like this? “As a caregiver, I feel like I’m constantly waiting for the other ...
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What is the Caregiver Continuum? The Framework That Explains the Caregiver Experience

Editor’s Note:We’ve expanded on the concept of the Caregiver Continuum to provide a deeper understanding of the stages caregivers experience ...
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Advocacy as Self-Care: How Redefining Self-Care Can Support Caregivers Mental Health

If you’ve been the parent and/or caregiver to a medically complex or disabled child for more than one or two ...
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Here’s why we call ourselves “caregivers” (and why you might want to too!)

What (or Who) is a Caregiver? Let’s go with the most basic definition to start: a caregiver is anyone who ...
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What does it mean to be Disability-Informed? (And why does that matter?)

NICU Mom: Why is he struggling to breathe and gulping for air like that? NICU Nurse: Oh, that is just ...
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