The Arc Experience Podcast
The Arc Wisconsin - with support from the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities - is launching The Arc Experience Podcast. In this monthly feature you’ll hear from people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their allies across the state – talking about their lives and the issues they think are important.This project was supported, in part by grant number 2001WISCDD-00, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.
The Arc Experience Podcast
Caregiver Crisis Threatens Independent Living for Loved Ones with Disabilities
May 01, 2023
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Deb Sybell
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Season 1
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Episode 3
Two empowered moms behind the groundbreaking multifamily housing development Prairie Haus for people with and without disabilities did not have long to celebrate their accomplishment before they were forced to tackle new challenges. How do you open housing during COVID? How do you find new purpose in your life when your adult children with disabilities are living independently? What happens when that independence is threatened when caregivers are no longer available? In this case, our moms' journey comes full circle.