The Special Needs Sibling Podcast

8. Uneasy Feelings & Transitions

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Transitions are pretty rough on all humans, but when there's a really important human in your life that happens to be your sibling going through a transition, it can be even tougher. We talk about a lot of things and a lot of feelings, check out this conversation with Alyssa about our siblings recently transitioning into their housing and group home situations!


In this episode we talk about:

  • About Alyssa’s family, older brother with autism, bipolar, and oppositional defiant disorder,  and younger brother with autism
  • Charlene and Alyssa both share their stories about their siblings moving into their group home/housing situations 
  • Our feelings about having staff take care of our siblings and knowing them really well instead of us
  • Our siblings and food!
  • Navigating public spaces and new people with our siblings
  • “Super power mode”
  • Adapting from our routines with our siblings after moving out
  • Relating to our friends other people and significant others and other siblings
  • Outside world vs reality
  • Alyssa’s encouragement to fellow siblings


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