Being a parent is never a cakewalk, but parenting during a pandemic is an entirely new challenge for millions of American families of children with special needs. 'Everything has radically changed,' said Melissa Winchell of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, whose 10-year-old daughter Moriah
Being a parent is never a cakewalk, but parenting during a pandemic is an entirely new challenge for millions of American families of children with special needs.
ABC News was given an inside look at how four families around the country are coping with the disruption to their lives and routines, mounting financial pressures and the imminent health threat posed by the novel coronavirus. "They're not going to get the therapies they need. There's not going to be the socialization that he needs," said single mother Opal Foster of Silver Spring, Maryland, who worries about the impact of isolation on her son Jeremiah, who has Down syndrome.
Story continuesHer employer expects her to maintain a full-time course load online, lecturing, grading papers and overseeing a graduate program. "The grief almost feels fresh to them every day, almost like they're re-experiencing it all over for the first time," Winchell said."So we're having a lot of, you know, just daily crying."
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