Show Notes
Our beautiful Mum, Karen, joins Ellie and Paige for this week’s episode!
We get to know her a little better, from what she was like growing up to her memories of raising two very different kids.
We talk about what we were like at home vs. at school, just how different we were (literally chalk and cheese!), the things Mum noticed (and the things she didn’t) and why Ellie in particular managed to fly so far under the radar.
And this is only part one! Next week, Mum joins us again to dive deeper into what, if anything, she would have done differently, how her perspective has changed since our diagnoses, and her experiences trying to support Paige and being dismissed by the medical system.
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