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Newly disabled people aren’t given a ‘how-to’ guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.
The community care practice, pioneered by queer women of color, reorients newly disabled people to a different life – a necessity that has grown during the pandemic era.
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Pence says he wants to ban abortion and support families but hasn't specified how
Republican presidential hopefuls mostly aren’t backing paid family leave or increased child care subsidies even as they say they want to support families in the face of abortion restrictions.
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‘I was on a mission’: Despite the naysayers, she took her search for justice all the way to the Supreme Court
Susie Talevski ultimately prevailed, preserving the right for people and their families to sue when government programs like Medicaid aren’t properly administered.
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Housing is a nightmare for home-based child care providers
With rising housing costs, pushback from landlords and homeowners associations, and a complex web of regulations, it’s a wonder home-based providers exist at all.
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Child care costs would fall for low-income families under new rule in government program
The Biden administration plans to strengthen the Child Care & Development Block Grant with easier access and copayment caps for families, along with more payment stability for child care providers.
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For years, Republican states wouldn't pass diaper laws. The end of abortion protections changed that.
2023 will likely be a banner year in diaper legislation. The issue, which has long gone unaddressed, is getting renewed attention from states looking to pass “pro-family” policy following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Blue state governors are pushing Congress on child care as federal subsidies dry up
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper, who led the letter, said he’s worried that with federal child care grants expiring, ‘we're going to fall off a cliff here.’
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Could access to child care be the key to helping parents clear arrest warrants?
"Warrant clinics" have lawyers, clerks and judges — but no threat of arrest, making it a place parents can take care of legal issues without the fear that their child won’t be cared for.
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How Black autistic women and girls are excluded from conversations on resources and research
Advocates say data is playing catch-up to their lived experiences with gender and racial bias, often leaving them with missed diagnoses and minimal support.
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Can Americans really make a free choice about dying?
In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.