Jessie s Heartsick
Mamamia Out Loud
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Her learning disability was well hidden when she was little, disguised behind big grins and a fierce sense of adventure. So much so that my parents didn’t really notice she had a learning disability until she got a little older, and it was clear she was struggling with speech, coordination and responding to simple directions from the teacher.
But even then, she was just an older sister to me we’d argue, dob each other in (I remember telling mum that she’d stuck two fingers up at me, and her vehemently denying she even knew that was a ‘bad sign’), and she’d regularly come and pick me up from neighbours’ houses to make sure I got home safely.