Parents of children with disabilities struggle with new challenges
Since March last year, her son, Liam Karp, has been doing distance learning from home. Liam was born with primary ciliary dyskinesia, a condition that causes abnormal cilia—finger-like projections on cells' surfaces that remove bacteria from the body. As a result, he suffers from chronic pneumonia, ear infections and other illnesses. Taylor, of Sparks, said her son has been in and out of hospitals his entire life. His body can't fight the common cold or flu, and he's constantly taking antibiotics. So far, Taylor has kept her son safe from the novel coronavirus. But the pandemic has brough...
Source: rgj.com
