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Siblings | Jess Cain
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Mark speaks to the wonderful Jess Cain - a prolific advocate for neurodivergent families and the driving force of Send Family Instincts. She is an autistic/ADHD/PDA lone parent of five children: a 15-year old boy (self-diagnosed autistic/PDA), another 15-year old boy (fostered, with SEMH needs), a 12-year old girl (self-diagnosed autistic) and twin 9-year old boys (one diagnosed autistic/ADHD/PDA and one allegedly neurotypical). In short, there is no-one better to explore this week's topic with, which is how on earth parents of neurodivergent kids juggle the competing needs of siblings.
Mark and Jess share anecdotes about the difficulties they face when trying to balance the wildly different needs of all of their children, whilst somehow trying to remain positive and upbeat. From avoiding conflict, the importance of discussing everyone's needs openly, and learning how to prioritise their own needs in the midst of the mayhem.
LINKS TO STUFF WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE:
Send Family Instincts Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sendfamilyinstincts/
Send Family Instincts Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SendFamilyInstincts/
Send Family Instincts website - https://sendfamilymagic.mykajabi.com/
Eliza Fricker - https://www.instagram.com/elizafricker_missingthemark/
Charlie Gray (My Neurodivergent Adventure) - https://myneurodivergentadventure.co.uk/
Laura Kerbey (P-AST) - https://p-ast.co.uk/
Brighton Fringe (Neurodiverse Performer Award) - https://www.brightonfringe.org/brighton-fringe-awards-ceremony/
Sara Jane Harvey (Agony Autie) - https://www.instagram.com/agonyautie/
CONTACT US
If you have any feedback about the show, ideas for topics or suggestions for neurodiversity champions you'd like us to give a shout out to, you can email: hello@neuroshambles.com
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CREDITS
The Neuroshambles theme tune was created by Skilsel on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/
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