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Claudia – Art and coping with grief and loss

Claudia talk about how art is especially beneficial for someone coping with grief and loss

John Martin – The Shocking Reality of Painful Loss

John talks about shock and grief

Craig – Supporting Someone in Grief

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Craig discusses his personal experience with grief and how he felt when people didn’t reach out to him during a difficult time. He offers advice on how to best support someone who is grieving, emphasizing the importance of simply showing up and letting them know that you care.

Kara – “LIfe Partner”

Kara talks about her partner dying.

Kate – Miracle baby

Kate shares about her brothers daughter being born after he had died

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

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

Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

Lynda discusses why it’s important to stay connected and how you can do it.

Sam – My story

Sam tells his story and losing his father, uncle and cousin in a short period of time

Rebecca -Absurdity

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

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.