Caring for a Special Needs Child Can Be Difficult for Business Travelers
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...Baby sitters can fill gaps, though qualified help is hard to find. One option is SitterCity (www.sittercity.com), based in Chicago. Genevieve Thiers, who started the service in 2001, described it as “like Match.com, but for parents and caregivers across the country.”
She said the service has “hundreds of thousands of caregivers” across the country, about 30,000 of whom can baby-sit for special needs children. Ms. Barnes uses Sittercity and said she is “in the process of finding one that works for us...”