St. Michael clinic closure leaves few options, Kitsap parents say

By: Conor Wilson

Outlets: Kitsap Sun

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 1,428

Last Updated: 17 hours, 14 minutes ago

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Shalyn Green-Gaden was devastated when she learned a clinic that provides physical therapy to her 8-year-old daughter, Peyton, planned to close in April. Peyton, who has been diagnosed with autism and down syndrome that her mother said will require life-long care, has been a patient at the St. Michael Medical Center Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic since her birth.

Like other families raising children with disabilities, Green-Gaden described the upcoming closure of the clinic as …

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