EP 606 – Saying What You Mean
Today we tackle the topic of autistic communication, how challenges in this area can cause miscommunications or misperceptions, and what you as a parent can do to ease the frustration for your child.
EP 605 – Preventing Sensory Overload
What exactly is a sensory diet and how can it help prevent sensory overload? Tune in as we share how to meet your child’s sensory needs through this stress-reducing technique. [Use bonus promo code AutismWish15 for 15% off of sensory merch at Lakikid.com]
EP 604 – Affirming Stimming
What exactly is stimming? What does it feel like to stim? And how does stimming impact my autistic child? Join us as we define stimming and share insights on its benefits and disadvantages from an autistic perspective.
EP 603 – Sensing Chaos
Do you ever wonder how your autistic child may sense the world? Today, we discuss what it feels like to experience sensory overload and how the sensory system differs for our children from an autistic perspective.
EP 602 – Thinking in Black & White
Autism is often associated with literal or black-and-white thinking. Today we discuss examples of this kind of thinking from an autistic perspective and how to communicate more effectively with your literal thinking child.
EP 601 – Discovering Autism
Do you see a lot of yourself in your autistic child? Today we detail where to go if you suspect you or your spouse may be autistic and what to expect in the diagnostic process.
Season 6 Trailer: Life on the Spectrum
Tune in for a sneak peek of Season 6 as we share what you can expect from next season’s theme.
IRL – Unlocking Autistic Financial Independence with Andrew Komarow
We share audio from our third episode of the Embracing Autism IRL video series where we sit down with Andrew Komarow, Autistic Certified Financial Planner (CFP), and founder of Planning Across the Spectrum. In this episode, we chat about the importance of Financial independence for individuals with disabilities and how Read more
EP 510 – Unmasking Autism
Join us as we wrap up season 5 and discuss our family’s most recent and shocking autism development.
EP 509 – Overcoming Guilt
Tune into the conversation as we talk about the very real guilt many parents feel when we first receive our child’s autism diagnosis.