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Melissa Hart

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Melissa Hart is the author, most recently, of Down Syndrome Out Loud: 20+ Stories about Disability and Determination (Sourcebooks, 2025). Find her at www.melissahart.com .

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The Sandwich Generation Melissa Hart Jul 22, 2024

The Sandwich Generation Can Also Mean Caregiving Adult Siblings

Melissa Hart Jul 22, 2024

When the author's infirm parents didn't arrange care for their adult child with Down syndrome before they died, the author juggled caregiving her brother, tween, and a full-time job. She's not alone.

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First Person Melissa Hart Jun 17, 2021

The Game Was Rigged All Along

Melissa Hart Jun 17, 2021

The DSM removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1973. So why did the author's mother lose everything—including her kids—when she left her abusive husband for a woman in the late 1970s?