There has been so much going on lately surrounding the pandemic and more that is affecting our mental state because it is affecting us. There will not be a sudden shift returning to things as they were but instead a more gradual move to what will be.
...Parents of disabled children all express the same concern, hope, fond wish: “I hope, someday, my child can be independent with a home, a family and a life of their own.”
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Mental health often plays second string to physical health. Funding for behavioral health programs was slim before covid-19. The focus on overcoming the challenges of the current pandemic is leaving out the incredible cost in lives predicted to coincide with the economic shutdown and the impossibility of secure social connection predicated by our response to the virus.
...Many people face a traumatic event in adult life. Be it a serious car accident, combat, rape, a natural disaster or the loss of a child, people are often confronted with a horrific event that threatens death or serious injury to themselves or someone else,
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