Dione spent eight months on waiting lists before she found the Referral Database. She describes the difference a specialist who knows the county makes, and what she would tell a parent starting the same search today.
Meet Dione: A Parent’s Journey to Find the Right Doctors for Her Son
“I called on a Tuesday afternoon and by Thursday I had three names, and one of them had an opening.”
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