About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and societal expectations faced by parents of children with special needs, emphasizing their decision to stop explaining their experiences to others.

There’s a layer of life that not everyone sees—the constant questions, the stares, the assumptions, the need people feel to understand… or worse, to judge. In this episode of Chromosomes & Chaos, we’re saying it clearly: WE ARE DONE EXPLAINING. Done explaining our child. Done explaining our parenting. Done explaining why things look different, feel different, or are different. When you’re raising a child with Down syndrome or special needs, it can feel like the world expects a running ...

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