Pieta Bouma

1 month ago | thedlist.co.nz | Pieta Bouma |Olivia Shivas

In the third and final episode of the series,we explore what feels like the touchiest and most personal of the three topics. Do our disabilities make us feel like burdens? In Pieta’s work supporting those with spinal cord injuries, one of the deepest and most painful challenges for some is our relationship with ourselves when we suddenly rely on support from loved ones. Is it a common experience to feel like a burden on our families?

1 month ago | thedlist.co.nz | Pieta Bouma |Olivia Shivas

How do our parents’ relationships with our disabilities shape who we grow up to be, and what we think of as appropriate behaviour? In the second episode of the podcast series, we reflect on disabled adults' relationships with their parents, and their feelings about how their parents may have done things well, or poorly, in how they were raised.