Picture this. Two children sitting in a sandbox. Their mother looks on recording a video with an iPhone.One of the children is in the background of the video and calls on for their mother to come over here and play with me while the other child sits in the center of the video asking why are we eating sand. The mother engages with the child that's not engaged with her. The energy is not reciprocated while the other child sits in the background.Her requests for her mother falling on deaf ears. This is what be ...

[Music] It took me 16 years to write this speech, but once I started, it took me 16 minutes. I dare to ask you, have you ever noticed a glass child in your life. Not just seen them, but really noticed them.Now, I know what most of you might be thinking. What even is a glass child. And I understand because I didn't know either until I realized I was one.A glass child is someone who grows up with a sibling who has a disability, chronic illness, or special needs. We are called glass children because people oft ...