Autism Grief, Expectations, and Letting Go | Shannon Korza
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Sarah Kernion and Shannon Korza discuss the emotional challenges of autism parenting, including grief and societal expectations.
Autism parenting, caregiver stories, and neurodivergent parenting are at the heart of this episode of Inchstones as Sarah Kernion talks with Shannon Korza of Moms Talk Autism about grief, timelines, motherhood expectations, and parenting autistic children. In this deeply honest episode of Inchstones, Sarah sits down with Shannon Korza for a raw conversation about autism diagnosis grief, the pressure mothers place on themselves after diagnosis, and what it means to let go of the timelines society teaches us to chase. Shannon shares the emotional reality of receiving her daughter Gracie’s autism diagnosis after initially living in denial and fear that she would never be “enough” as a mother. Together, Sarah and Shannon explore autism parenting, caregiver burnout, sibling relationships, sensory differences, IEP goals, autism advocacy, and the deep grief that can surface when life no longer looks the way you imagined it would. The conversation also dives into the hidden emotional labor autism moms carry, the pain of watching autistic children struggle socially, and the shift that happens when parents stop forcing neurotypical expectations onto neurodivergent children. This episode is…
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