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Ruby Peace

Ruby Peace

Disability advocate and sibling carer; creator of @ewenandme, sharing life alongside her autistic, non-speaking older brother Ewen

Aug 17, 2026

10:57
make.
10:58
But we always talk about it.
11:00
You know, it wasn't about the fact that they couldn't cope or that they couldn't, you know, they couldn't manage his behavior.
11:09
Ewan, without saying a word, got on his knees and said, I can't cope.
11:14
I can't do this.
11:15
And we've always had Ewan's best interests at heart.
11:18
And keeping him at home was going to be letting him down.

33 MINS LATER

44:25
Yeah, it
ClaireHOST
23:10
Yeah.
23:11
And there's no way of telling him.
23:13
I mean, we don't know how he felt, but for us, we're thinking, oh, my God, he thinks we've abandoned us.
23:18
Is he ever going to see his family again? You know, things like that.
23:21
And he did come home and we worked our way around quarantine.
23:25
But the staffing in his placement just changed so drastically.
23:29
And, you know, they were wearing masks and gloves and aprons.
BexHOST
26:55
But then how did you find or work out that you could, you know, bring him home? And I assume that's when he went into his now where he is in his house with his carers.

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