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Self-Reliance & asking for help

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We’ve Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents

How do two parents who are blind take their children to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night? When writer and musician Eliza Hull was pregnant with her first child, like most...

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My Disability May Be Invisible, But Here’s Why I’m Done Hiding It

In the beginning, it was difficult to let myself rest, even with the ultimate doctor’s note. I felt like I still had to push past my (extremely limited) capabilities. I had to practice slowing down and allowing my frailties to become visible even when I had the choice to hide them.

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Neurodiversity Is a Super Power Not a Problem | Elaine Halligan | TEDxBonnSquare

We have to break the stigma around mental health and children. Most of the times the signals are quite subtle and can be often overlooked by parents, so many children may be suffering behind closed doors. I believe 'Prevention is better than cure.

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Emotional Complications of Breast Cancer by Janet Harrison. (Especially Anger, Distress, and Asking for Help.)

Janet talks about feeling angry, feeling lost in the system, feeling isolated after initial treatment. Janet mentions benefits of psycho-oncology team (psychosocial care), voluntary services at Coping with Cancer (Helen Webb House) and also contacting Samaritans when desperate.

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