Grief can be a pretty tough thing to go through.  What happens when that gets compounded with being a sibling to someone with a disability?  Listen to Caroline's story and find out how she got involved in the community and hear fun stories about her sister.

In this episode we talk about:

• About Caroline’s family and sister with cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disabilities, epilepsy 

• Caroline’s sister not really living at home

• Communication devices

• Grief support for siblings who have lost siblings with special needs 

• Coming back to the sibling world after her sister had passed 

• Going through the pandemic

• Her sister’s relationship with Caroline’s husband

• Guardianship for her sister after their parents passed

• Caroline getting involved with sibshops

• Connecting with other siblings

• Visiting her sister growing up

• Where Caroline’s sister lived

• What it was like with the 3 siblings at home growing up

• Watching movies and listening to songs

• Objects in their rooms

• Caroline’s encouragement to fellow siblings

Links:

• Sibshops: https://siblingsupport.org/sibshops/

• Loss of a special needs sibling facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/554229302095590/

More Info:

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Music by:

• AlexGrohl from Pixabay

• QubeSounds from Pixabay