Aug 23, 2026 · 1 min · 1 segments
Parenting a child with special needs can feel intimidating from the outside—but fear of the unknown is often much greater than the reality of learning together. Raising a child with special needs is…
Shane GaffneyHost
And then you have a child and then you're like, well, you know, I used to be like, well, my child's never going to watch an iPad, you know, at a restaurant.
And then you I worked with children with special needs and I At the beginning of my career, I would see these parents and they were so stressed.
And I was just like, oh, I could never be a parent with special needs because I saw how much work it took.
And I just gained so much more empathy and understanding and perspective from that experience that it became kind of my superpower.
I can gain the rapport of parents so much better and faster because, you know, they might say, well, you don't know what I'm going through.
And I can say, well, I know exactly what you're going through and maybe worse in some ways, right?