The Exceptional Parent, August 1st, 2001
Most parents who have had to rely on any person paid to offer residential, educational, or vocational support for their child with disabilities are probably very much aware that finding and keeping qualified support professionals is a bit like the underworld sentence of the ancient Greek, Sisyphus. The ritual of finding and training new workers becomes as repetitive as rolling the boulder up the hill, where it may teeter for a few days, a month or, if you are very lucky, nearly half a year, before the person resigns and the whole process starts again. This seemingly "futile and hopeless labor...
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