talking to people with a intellectual disablity about death
This is a for anyone is a tricky topic and one that we need to avoid but in disability, we can see that they want to protect the person at all costs, and this can have a cost in and of itself and not talking about death being a part of life is a part of that and we see that this is an issue. This video was made when the announcement was made about the death of HRH Queen Elisabeth the second and we see that this was handled in a very respectful manner it's difficult to see what needs to happen when death is forced into the spotlight. We see that people need to be aware of how to talk about difficult and challenging topics without triggering emotions in themselves as I have heard heartbreaking stories about people with a disability who have been in care and whose parents have died and they didn't have any concept of death and she asks when her mother is coming back and was kept away from the funeral. I think it is important to have the person at the funeral as they were a part