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March 22

Kashfia Firdous is now a member of Special Siblings

March 22

Relationship Status:Tell us about you and your sibling: My younger brother Nafim, who is 9 years younger than me, was diagnosed with ALD (adrenoleukodystrophy) in 2002 and passed away on March 9th 2003 after a long and painful sickness. He was 9.5 years old when he passed away.

What is the sickness or disablity that your sibling has?: ALD (Adrenoleukodystrophy)

About Me: Tell me a little bit about yourself: I am 24 years old and am an auditor by profession. I currently work for GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Ltd. as their Manager of Internal Audit. I finished my graduation in 2007 from Ohio Wesleyan University, USA in Accounting & Philosophy. I worked for Ernst & Young in McLean, VA after that as an auditor. I have recently moved back to my country, Bangladesh and am working here now.

What have you learned from being a special sibling?: It totally changes your life and the perspectives you have in life about almost everything. You stop thinking that these things only happen to other people. It becomes a harsh reality that you face every day of your life and there's no ending that feeling. Also, your resilience gets tested as when he was still alive but sick , I used to sometimes get really frustrated and hopeless. Regrettably, sometimes I also felt extreme anger, towards whom or what I don't know. And the pain that he went through every single day just broke my heart and it taught me to treasure every single day of being healthy. I just wish that no one has to go through this traumatizing experience as honestly speaking the damage that it leaves behind is irreparable.