interabled relationship

On August 6, 2021, the Washington Post published an article by Amber Ferguson entitled “Unpaid caregivers: How America treats women caring for paralyzed partners.” The story has brought attention to an important issue that is rarely discussed in the mainstream media — the systemic barriers faced by people with disabilities who need help with daily [...]

Hey there! I’ve been in your shoes — that is, thinking about how to have children, and whether or not we should. My husband, Michael, has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, and we have two kids. I have CFS, which was mild before having kids, and is more moderate after going through two challenging pregnancies. We’re [...]

Interabled couples are sharing their love on social media following a “Dr. Phil” episode that aired on Tuesday in which Dr. Phil claimed that an able-bodied woman dating a disabled man “can be his lover or you can be his caregiver, but you can’t be both… It won’t work, 100 out of 100 times this won’t work.” [...]