In the world of medical and disability parenting, sources of trauma abound. There are, of course, the terrible things that can happen to...

If, like me, you are one of the forty million Americans who experience anxiety, you know what it feels like to truly worry. I’m talking...

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I am a writer whose subject matter sometimes horrifies people. Yet, there are no guts, weapons, or gore in my essays and stories. My...

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When JJ received her Rett Syndrome diagnosis, I asked the therapist I was seeing what to expect in terms of grief. I wanted to have an...