SOUTHERN PINES — For nearly the past year, Lorraine Weber has welcomed the calming presence of a respite care provider into her home to help with her son Robbie, who has moderate autism. Robbie ...

Kendrick Sampson is flanked by Cassidy Duncan-Graham, 17, left, and Zola Auld,17. Respite programs for children with special needs are a lifeline for overtaxed families, parents and care managers said ...

FORT RILEY, Kan. - The Exceptional Family Member Program's respite care gives Families of individuals with special needs an opportunity to rest. The program provides care for special needs individuals ...

BREMERTON (AP) — Walter Jacque figured he was better off than most people without homes. He had a pickup truck cab he could sleep in at night, snuggled up with his service dog Andy. It wasn’t ...

Caring for a family member who has chronic health problems or special needs can be an around-the-clock job and it can be tiresome. The Respite Care Program is a component of the Army Community Service ...

Leslie and Brian Young endured a parent's worst nightmare. The Jacksonville couple's twin daughters, Kelsi and Carly, were born in January 2005, and Kelsi had a compromised lymphatic system that led ...