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- Episode Forty-Five - Unique Skill SetThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Angela sits down with Shelley B. to discuss the big role she played in a very difficult moment of Angela's life. Shelley then talks about growing up in a household with a parent suffering from mental illness and the skills it taught her from an early age.25 min
- Episode Forty-Five - Shelley B.This week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Angela sits down with Shelley B. to discuss the big role she played in a very difficult moment of Angela's life. Shelley then talks about growing up in a household with a parent suffering from mental illness and the skills it taught her from an early age.25 min
- Episode Forty-Four - Couch HoppingThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Angela introduces Elizabeth. They discuss the issues that Elizabeth's daughter has faced with addiction and ADHD, how she hit rock bottom and finally realized that she needed to change her life. Elizabeth's candid account highlights that mental health is not a life sentence and that through compassion she was able to help her daughter.21 min
- Episode Forty-Four - ElizabethThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Angela introduces Elizabeth. They discuss the issues that Elizabeth's daughter has faced with addiction and ADHD, how she hit rock bottom and finally realized that she needed to change her life. Elizabeth's candid account highlights that mental health is not a life sentence and that through compassion she was able to help her daughter.21 min
- Episode Forty-Three - Pitbull AdvocacyThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Maria tells the rest of her daughter's story, including her trips abroad and the hard moments back home. Angela talks about the positive impact pets can have on mental illness.32 min
- Episode Forty-Three - Maria M (Part Two)This week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Maria tells the rest of her daughter's story, including her trips abroad and the hard moments back home. Angela talks about the positive impact pets can have on mental illness.32 min
- Episode Forty-Two - The Challenge of AspergersThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Angela introduces Maria M, a mother of a child diagnosed with ADD inattentive type and Aspergers. Angela and Maria explore her daughter's brilliance with languages and the problems of growing up in a world where mental illness is still very much misunderstood.The movie referenced in the introduction to this week's episode is "Letters from Generation Rx" by Kevin P. Miller.18 min
- Episode Forty-Two - Maria MThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition Angela introduces Maria M, a mother of a child diagnosed with ADHD inattentive type and Aspergers. Angela and Maria explore her daughter's brilliance with languages and the problems of growing up in a world where mental illness is still very much misunderstood.The movie referenced in the introduction to this week's episode is "Letters from Generation Rx" by Kevin P. Miller.18 min
- Episode Forty-One - Youth EngagementThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Angela sits down with Jacquie once more as they discuss youth engagement and the power of giving young people a voice. Things as simple as giving input on meals and participating in group activities can have a major impact on how young people come to view themselves and the world they inhabit.24 min
- Episode Forty-One - Jacquie (Part Two)This week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Angela sits down with Jacquie once more as they discuss youth engagement and the power of giving young people a voice. Things as simple as giving input on meals and participating in group activities can have a major impact on how young people come to view themselves and the world they inhabit.An Among the Crowd ProductionAudio Editing and Original Music by: Sean Adlamwww.amongthecrowd.ca24 min
About Different from the Other Kids
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I want to talk about what no one else wants to talk about... Children with mental illness.Raising a child who is ‘different’ from the other kids takes a great mental and emotional toll on the parents.…
They are worn out and pushed to the brink, totally exhausted. Many are tapped out financially and in some cases, they have had to quit their jobs or take lesser ones to be there for the next episode when their child can’t cope. There is little or no support from a system caught up in process and willfully lacking in parental resources.As a parent of a challenging child, you can also brace yourself for the stigma of a lifetime. We look like the accomplice to this very badly behaved, poorly mannered and emotionally unstable child. If you don’t have a diagnosis it’s worse. If you don’t have money it’s worse still. So much of what we require to help our children isn’t covered by extended health insurance.The general parent community is unsupportive at best; hostile and judgmental at its worst. This compounds the pain and stress we live through every day. We go through things very few parents can relate to.This podcast is a collection of my interviews with kids affected by challenges, parents of those kids, and even medical professionals from the mental health community. In many cases, the name of the child has been changed or last names of the contributors omitted to maintain privacy for themselves and their children.