By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Lilian Ansari of Oakland used to look forward to the moment each day when her daughter Atrina, 11, and son Ardalon, 15, got on the bus to school. “I would literally collapse on the kitchen floor and say, ‘Thank you, Oakland School District, for taking my kids,'” said Ansari, whose children have autism and other health care needs.
Then her kids’ school shut down. Since then, the family has struggled as the support they rely on has been stripped away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like thousands of parents across California who are caring for children with physical, behavioral and developmental disabilities, the Ansaris relied on a small army of teachers, therapists, nurses and other caregivers to get through the week.
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