Ep. 16 Angelman Syndrome Part 1: How to be Supportive of Your Friend

You’ve got a friend or neighbor who has a child with special needs, but honestly, you just have no idea how to interact with her or her kid. What do you say? What do you do? What is her life like each day? In this episode I chat with my friend Hannah Black about her son Benjamin who has Angelman Syndrome. She shares her heart about some of the challenges that she, Benjamin, and her family face each day, and she shares some tips on just how you can be supportive of someone with a different needs child.

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Resources

To learn more about genetic therapies, cureangelman.org

For for general info on AS, angelman.org

Parenting or connecting with special needs:

 Heather Avis’ The Lucky Few,” “Scoot Over and Make Some Room” 

Andrew and Rachel Wilson’s The Life We Never Expected, 

Advocate like a Mother podcast

Music: "Our Great Savior" copyright by Galkin Evangelistic Team. Arrangement copyright by Reba Snyder. Used with permission.