? for parents who can't work because of child-what do you do?

May 20, 2010

Hi,

I am just trying to figure out our finances and how I could some how

contribute in a more substantial way but feel as if it would jeopardize my

child. I wonder if anyone else is in a similar situation and might have

figured things out and can give some advice?

My daughter who is 5 has DS, autism and a whole bunch a medical problems

that require many visits to the doctors. On average we go to 5-7 doc

appointments per month. Then you add on the regular therapies and the great

need for habilitation and we are usually booked. I do have sometimes where

we don't have one appointment for a week or even two and then a couple get

jammed in one week. The point is I would not make a reliable employee with

just the doctor appointments alone and I feel like if I cut out her hab and

reduced her therapies she would suffer but on the other hand our finances

are suffering because of this damn economy and plain old bad luck. I'm so

torn as to what to do. If I were to pay for childcare for my daughter and

her younger brother to go out and work I would not make more than a couple

of hundred at most a month after everything BUT it is a couple hundred more

than we have now.

I was wondering if any of you have worked through similar issues and figured

out a way to earn a living while not jeopardizing her learning or health? I

think we need to create some sort of company that hires parents of disabled

kids to work from home at what ever hours they are able to do so. I have

thought of doing daycare in my home but we still would run into the problem

of me needing to take her to doctor appointments and work with therapist

while also watching the other kids. I KNOW so many others have done it but

wondered how they do it!!??

Ideas?

--

Kim~The Veggie Gal

Steps to becoming healthier through a plant based vegan diet with natural

health and beauty tips.

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