Reflections on Aging
What is it like to be the parent of a special needs young adult?
Eric and Linda Newman describe the challenges and joys parents encounter raising a special needs child. [Read more…]
developmentally disabled
Care-Giving Concerns
Baby Boomers, Children and Jewish Disability Awareness Month
Recently my employer, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis, invited a guest speaker talk to our staff about Social Security and the options about when to file. It was full of information on which [Read more…]
Care-Giving Concerns
Rabbi Jon Kendall Reflects on Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month
I was raised in a neighborhood with scads of post-war baby boomer kids. We had a proverbial circus growing up in that rarefied time. The family next door was a little older and their children [Read more…]