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Corrie – Triggers

Corrie discuss the many types of triggers

Karyn and Aidan – Planning a celebration of life during COVID

Karyn and Aidan discuss creating a celebrating of life during the pandemic

Hope – Going back to school

Hope talks about the shift she felt when she went back to school after her father’s death.

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Michele – Covid and virtual support

MIchele discuss support and how COVID has affected our grief in so many waysort

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Cara – Defining Intellectual disabilities and grief

Cara discusses how grief literacy needs to be improved across the board for people with intellectual disabilities to learn more about grief, death and dying. There is a great need to include them in this natural, normal part of life that we’ll all experience.

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian tells Jeff”s story… the good and his struggles.

Donna B – “Grief Dreams”

Donna discusses dreams and reality. Donna continues to grieve the death her son during service in Afghanistan.

Maureen – “Milestones and anniversaries”

Maureen talks about loss and what happens over time.

Hope – Different lenses

Hope shares about the differences in experiences between losing her father and her Mom losing a spouse