 These arguments about the value of kinship caregiving do not undermine the case for making professional caregiving relationships a dignified and economically viable option. There are many families ill-equipped or poorly disposed to adopt that option. But there are also many circumstances in which the differentiation of personal assistant from parent, spouse, or friend will give the person with a disability the freedom and privacy that nondisabled people take for granted. In circumstances where kinship assistance would strain rather than enhance intimate relationships between family members, it seems clear that third-party assistance should at least be made available as an option, even if it is not encouraged across-the-board. 