The host of this show, which is nominally for an older audience, asked for thoughts that might be useful to grandparents of a disabled child. My basic response to that was:

“Emotional support is golden. Anything you can do that’s constructive is probably going to be welcomed. For grandparents, my advice would be: Please do not suggest that you think this is anybody’s fault. For example, if your son is the father of the child who has problems, please don’t hint that, well you know, the mother’s family is kind of strange, so probably it’s something from that side, or vice-versa. That kind of thing is not going to help anybody. The idea is to help both of them cope, and then to offer whatever additional assistance you think you can.”

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