Letter to the Editor: State and national caregiver crisis

Letter to the Editor: State and national caregiver crisis

Families across Maine — and across the country — are living through a caregiver crisis that grows more urgent by the day. Parents of people with complex special needs, whether stemming from autism, cerebral palsy, or other lifelong conditions, as well as our elderly loved ones, are all being impacted by gaps in a system weakened by outdated and poorly written legislation. These are not natural hardships. They are man‑made barriers created by law…