Squirmy And Grubs are a couple that that is Using youtube to Normalize interabled relationships,
if you don tknow what an interabled relationship is, its a couple where one couple has a disability
and the other doesn't. I mean, you have to admit, you dont see a lot of couples like
squirmy and grubs out there, there definitely is a stigma around interabled relationships.
But squirmy and grubs are trying to change that.
Welcome back to InformOverload, I'm charlotte dobre, and on this channel we tell you abotu
the most interesting viral news stories on the internet and we make them more entertaining.
But every so often, i find a story that melts my icy heart, and thats exactly what happened
when I came across the love story of Hannah and Shane, AKA Squirmy and Grubs.
Squirmy and grubs are a youtuber couple with 327 thousand subscribers at the time of this
recording. Their youtube channel is incredibly popular, hundreds of thousands if not millions
of people tune in to watch their daily vlogs about their life as an interabled couple.
Shane Burclaw is 26, hes from Pennsylvania, and Hanna Aylward is 25 and from minnesota.Shane
has a form of muscular distrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, which causes his muscles to deteriorate.
he uses a wheelchair. Hannah first met shane after she watched a documentary about shanes
life that was made by Rain Wilson from the office. She saw the film and decided to reach
out to him. She told him she loves his sense of humor, writing and she told him she thought
he was cute. They texted for a while, then started video calling...then hannah went to
visit shane in pensylvania. They spent four days together and began a long distancce relationship.
In 2018, Shane moved to minnesota where they now live together.
Hannah and Shane started their youtube channel several months ago after they realized that
people found their relationship somewhat out of the ordinary. They are hoping that their
youtube channel will normalize interabled relationships.
Here are a few things they want you to know. Yes, they are a couple. When they are out
in public, Many people assume that hannah is either shanes nurse, his sister, or even
his mom. But definitely not his girlfriend. In hannahs words, she says she believes that
people dont think that shane has the mental capacity to be hannahs boyfriend. But he does.
Shane has a disease, but he still thinks, loves and laughs like anyone else. Sure, shane
does need help with most things. Hannah dresses shane, she helps him take a shower and use
the toilet. But these things dont put a strain on their relationship. Even though hannah
does all those things for shane, shane also contrubites a lot to the relationship as well.
He manages their finances, appointments, business calls and emails.
And yes, in case you are wondering, if they want children, they can have children. According
to shane, they have a satisfying intimate life, and both of us are interested in having
children together later on. Its unlikely that they will pass on shane's disease to their
children as well, unless hannah is also a carrier of the same genetic traits that cause
spinal muscular atrophy. If thats the case, their children have a 50/50 chance of having
SMA, but regardless, shane says he can't wait to pull their kids around in a wagon attached
to the back of his wheelchair. AWWwww.. Unfortunately, its not all sunshine and rainbows
for shane and hannah. There are a lot of ignorant people who write mean comments on their social
media posts and youtube videos. people really dont understand why hannah wont just find
a quote 'normal man'. But what is normal anyway? To Shane and Hannah, their relationship is
normal. In fact, It turns out that shane and hannah's
relationship is not as uncommon as you might think. Since their youtube channel started
growing, hundreds if no thousands of couples have reached out to them to share their similar
situations. And they all have something in common, to them, their relationship feels
normal, but it doesnt to the rest of the world. Make sure you head over to squirmy and grubs'
youtube channel and show them some love. For now i'm gonna wrap up this video with
some comment features.
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