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The Mental Load of Special Needs Parenting Is Different

There is the parenting work everyone can see, and then there is the running list that lives permanently in your head. For families navigating special needs parenting, that list may include medication, appointments, school concerns, therapy goals, sensory triggers, paperwork and the constant question of what comes next. Much of this work happens before anyone else even realises there is something to organise. The mental load is not necessarily louder, but it is often broader, more complicated and harder to put down.

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