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Corrie – Triggers

Corrie discuss the many types of triggers

Valmy – My story of loss

Valmy talks but the death of her uncle

Kate – Miracle baby

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

Kara – Uncertainty

Kara discusses how Covid-19 has created uncertainty and impacted grieving.The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

Mary S – My story

Mary discusses the end stages of her husband of 40 years gireiving him and grieving who she was when with him

Chantal – The benefits of the physical part of art making

Chantal talks about how art can release energy in a healthy cathartic way

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.

Jeff K – “What is grief”

Jeff discusses the many aspects of grief and how we are all connected. Jeff continues to grieve the death of his mother.

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Mary S – Grief is not the enemy

Mary talks about embracing grief is love

Kara – “Meals”

Kara discusses food shopping for one and learning what she as an individual likes. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

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.