Because of Katie Beckett, Children with Severe Disabilities Can Live At Home - NYTimes.comFor our family, with a son with autism and other complex medical issues, the Katie Beckett Waiver literally keeps our family intact. In earlier generations, children with the level of disabilities our son has were often institutionalized as a matter of course, the conventional wisdom being that they were too difficult to manage at home.
For our family, with a son with autism and other complex medical issues, the Katie Beckett Waiver literally keeps our family intact. In earlier generations, children with the level of disabilities our son has were often institutionalized as a matter of course, the conventional wisdom being that they were too difficult to manage at home. It is difficult to manage — our son, at 12, is still in diapers, for example — but with the supports he receives, including home-based behavioral therapy as well as “respite” hours where he is taken care of by a trained caregiver so that my husband and I can attend to other things, we can do it.
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