In this episode, Francesca Rudkin discusses her daughter’s mental health crisis and the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child. Rudkin and podcast host Sonia Gray highlight parental burnout and the difficulties in accessing early intervention. Auckland dad Peter Parsons reveals how he started a support group for fathers of high-needs autistic children, sharing struggles and victories.
“It was like I was floating”, says broadcaster Francesca Rudkin. “I felt like I was on a cliff ..
. I’d stepped out, and I was just hovering” Rudkin is describing the shock she felt two years ago when her now 15-year-old daughter was in severe mental distress..
