article_snippet.sent: You become a part-time parent, nurser, carer, doctor.'
article_snippet.sent: It's tough, lonely and isolating.
article_snippet.sent: You are terrified of not being able to cope.'
article_snippet.sent: Looking after a disabled child pushes you to the limits of what you can cope with physically, emotionally.
article_snippet.sent: By the end of the first year our were totally shattered and pretty much at breaking point.
article_snippet.sent: But as parents you have this feeling that you shouldn't ask for help.'