VOLUME 21, ISSUE 4 · APRIL 2017 “A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range.” ~ Tom Wilson AUTISM Care for the Caregiver by Tom Bohager B.Sc. “Please place the oxygen mask on ourselves. This, however, can be of a spectrum, so there is a wide...
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VOLUME 21, ISSUE 4 · APRIL 2017 “A smile is a facelift that's in everyone's price range.” ~ Tom Wilson AUTISM Care for the Caregiver by Tom Bohager B.Sc. “Please place the oxygen mask on ourselves. This, however, can be of a spectrum, so there is a wide yourself first before helping small counterproductive, since the care array of symptoms, from the not children or others who may need given is only as good as the energy so obvious, to the very serious and assistance.” These are the words levels, emotional stability and everything in between. we hear whenever we fly. The attitude of the caregiver. reason is obvious; we can’t help Though the symptoms vary, there others until we first help ourselves. Let’s take a step back and look is one thing we can be certain It seems simple doesn’t it? But in specifically at the caregivers of a of — much care and oversight is life, it is rarely so easy to discern. son, daughter, or loved one with required. As a result, one of the When we are tasked with t
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