Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hey everyone it's Susan Coffin here for Attitude magazine, our ADHD

experts audio series. Today's topic is raising a child with special needs how

to let go of expectations and love the reality.

We are so fortunate to have as our speakers today mother and daughter duo Gina and Katie Gallagher,

who I will say refer to themselves as the imperfect experts.

I love that.

Gina is the author of,

Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid,

a Survival Guide for Ordinary Parents of Special Children,

a book that has reached a huge audience and resonated with so many people.

Gina's blog, Shut Up About.com, and her Facebook community are just stunning in their

reach and the community that they provide for people.

We're so happy to have Katie, her daughter today, with us as well.

She's a 19 year old college student living with ADHD, Asperger's and learning disabilities and she's here to offer insights to parents on the realities of her life.

So thank you so much Gina and Katie both.

Thank you Susan and I just want to mention that I'd love to take full credit for the book and the blog, but my

sister, who my co-author is my sister Patty, who is raising a daughter with bipolar disorders.

So we cover it together.

And I know she's listening and she'll beat me up if I don't tell it.

Hi Patty, thank you.

We'll talk about how to survive the morning process and the loss of the quote perfect child.

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