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Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

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.

Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.

Madelyn – Rituals and the Chinese grieving process

Madelyn talks about expressing your grief in Chinese cultures and how rituals are a war of grieving providing comfort

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.

Susan – “Honour”

Susan discusses dying and lives well lived.

Keith – “Hope”

Keith talks about time, healing and hope.

Bryan – Vulnerability

Bryan talks about things are not always OK and that’s OK and things are going to get better

Christian – “Grief can bring new life”

Christian explains where he found hope in grief.

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.

Susan – “Diagnosis”

Susan discusses her diagnosis and her process of dealing with it.

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID