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Forty-Two Candles and a Community of Friends June has been one of those months that remind Mikelle and me how quickly life moves and how important it is to pause long enough to appreciate it. In just a few days, Mikelle will celebrate another birthday. Forty-three years ago, I couldn’t have imagined all the people, […]

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When the Lights Flicker Out: Government Shutdowns, Disability, and the Unseen Cost on Families.

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It is Oct 1, 2025—another government shutdown. In the quiet hours before dawn, when the world still clings to hope, a mother sits on her porch, coffee growing cold, wondering: How will we manage tomorrow? For families like mine — families of disability, of high stakes, of fragile structures held together by resolve — the

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