Lessons from Caring for a Disabled Child

A nurse from Cáceres, mother of a child with a major psychomotor disability, has seen how Social Security discussed the benefit to which she has the right to take care of a minor with a serious illness. Her child suffers from infantile cerebral palsy, spastic tetraparesis, which is characterized by an extreme muscle weakness that affects the four extremities and motor capacity.Continue reading...

Lessons from Caring for a Disabled Child

My daughter Hannah suffered a massive head bleed in utero. Due to a rare circumstance, Hannah’s platelets were brought down to near zero while in the womb, and the finest capillaries in her brain bled out.  At first, we were told to terminate the pregnancy since it was likely that she would have disabilities. We responded that abortion was not an option.  Then, we were told that we have no idea what it would be like to raise a child with special…