The SEND Mum Club
Podcast Description
The SEND Mum Club is a parenting podcast with a difference. Made specifically for parents with children with all kinds of additional needs and/or disabilities. It's a place to share the joys and challenges of raising children with extra needs, with raw, honest conversations, designed to make you feel seen and heard on a journey none of us expected to be on.
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Content Themes
The podcast deeply explores themes such as the emotional realities of parenting children with disabilities, navigating diagnoses like Down syndrome, and sharing coping strategies through personal narratives. Specific episode examples include discussions on the challenges faced by mothers of twins with rare genetic conditions and the journey of receiving a diagnosis, showcasing the highs and lows of parenting while emphasizing community support and celebrating small victories.
In this episode I talk to Christian Laing – co-founder of Stand Out Socks – about what life was like growing up with a sibling with Down syndrome. We discuss how that impacted Christian’s upbringing, how involved Ross was (and is) with Christian’s friends, and what Christian’s thoughts are now looking back as an adult.
Christian, Ross & Christian’s partner Natalie founded Stand Out Socks (you may have seen them on Dragon’s Den) because Ross was struggling to find paid employment. Christian talks about how many people with additional needs end up working for free, or even paying to work and why it’s so important that changes. All the people that work at Stand Out Socks have Down syndrome and all of them are paid for every hour they work. I was absolutely shocked to learn how rare that is.
You can shop the socks and find out more at www.standoutsocks.co.uk and follow them on Instagram @standoutsocksuk
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