Lisa -Advice to grievers

Zoreena – Ask for help

March 31, 2022

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Grief and Parenting in the Disability Community

October 5, 2022

In this blog post, Carrie writes about being the parent and primary caregiver to a child with disabilities and grieving the loss of a child dying from their disabilities.

Betsy – You can’t know until you know

January 26, 2023

Betsy talks about support and what really helps when one is in grief

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

July 6, 2020

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Andrea – Loneliness and support

March 26, 2022

Andrea talks about how tough it is to be alone and how her friends and family have come through for her

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

October 1, 2022

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Ghosts From The Past

September 7, 2023

I met Holly riding the bus in our community. She is very attractive with a winsome smile and piercing eyes that I would trade anything for. She was also the bus driver. At that time Holly went to school to become a nurse. After becoming a nurse, Holly didn’t drive the bus that much, but one of her fellow bus drivers mentioned to me that one of Holly’s patients had died and it had a negative impact on her. It brought back ghosts from my past as I also had a job in which people died which had a negative impact on me.

Kate – Time to process

March 11, 2023

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

John Martin – Coping with grief part 2

March 13, 2022

John talks gives some pointers to help cope with loss

Sunny- The Importance of Friends While Grieving

February 23, 2022

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

November 6, 2022

Cara provides some context for the real issue of grief in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and those supporting them, including that we consider that there’s not a lot of education or information out there about how best to support someone with an intellectual disability who is grieving.