Caregiving is exhausting. Our society’s devaluation of disabled lives results in the devaluation of the work that caregivers provide. That’s the root problem. Caregivers are often invisible, under supported, unpaid or underpaid, and overworked. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an intentionally inclusive village to raise a disabled child. Disabled people will always exist. Disability is a natural part of life, and disabled people and their families have a right to inclusion. Our children should not bear the weight of our societal shortcomings.
