It's tough being a special needs sibling!! There are a lot of sacrifices made and feelings had, but know that you're a rock star and an amazing person!! Check out this conversation with Anastasia to hear story!
In this episode we talk about:
- Intro to Charlene and Anastasia’s friendship
- About Anastasia’s family and brother with autism
- Movies
- Controlling the environment and scoping out the scene
- Responsibility as the oldest
- What we would give up for our siblings
- All the feelings
- Being an adult at a young age and what do we do as adults now?
- The long game
- Struggling as an adult with “simple” tasks
- Community with other special needs siblings
- Big events and attention
- Mattering to the world and being seen
- Experiences with our siblings as adults
- Seeing our siblings interact with the outside world
- Anastasia’s message to our fellow special needs siblings
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Music by:
- AlexGrohl from Pixabay
- QubeSounds from Pixabay