Iowa AgrAbility Agrability Chit-Chat, Newsletter Vol. Families are important to me. It seems that in today's society, sometimes the family gets lost in the shuffle. Most families need both mother and father working in order to make ends meets.
Children are often in latch-key programs, left home alone or with sitters.
I see a disability in a family as a double strike against the family. At times, it is hard on marriages to juggle caregiving with all the other responsibilities. It is easy for someone to get slighted. Some may loose their identity because they need to spend so much time in the caregiver role. Usually there are added expenses that often-times leave a family short of necessary funds.