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E18 - Takiwātanga - What is Autism and What are the signs | S2|

Apr 20th, 2021 6m 2s

At the beginning of season 2, we will start making content focusing more on information about autism. This episode talks about what is autism and what are the different signs of autism.

E17 Takiwātanga The Comeback | S2|

Apr 13th, 2021 7m 13s

This is my comeback episode for this podcast!It's been tough for me in the past months and I needed to rethink everything that I am doing from my external battle to my internal belief.Link to youtube: You will be asked to subscribe, please

EP 16 Start of Kindy after a long Holiday Break

Jan 12th, 2021 8m 13s

New Year and the start of kindy class again in NZ. How a change in routine also changes the mood of people on the autism spectrum. Though realistically this feeling is also similar to neurotypical people. Once you have built a routine to build

EP 15 Happy New Year and What Lies Ahead for This Podcast

Jan 5th, 2021 4m 13s

This episode discusses my plans and how I see fit for Takiwātanga to work with other groups for the success of the episode.---For Local Business Marketing checkout Lokal Insider's The Lokal Marketing SecretsFor Local Stories checkout Lokal I

EP 14 Decision Time If I Should Continue with This Podcast

Dec 29th, 2020 7m 53s

Here in this episode talks about what I have decided to do for this podcast.---For Local Business Marketing checkout Lokal Insider's The Lokal Marketing SecretsFor Local Stories checkout Lokal Insider's The Naked Lokal Stories---Our sponso

EP 13 Should I continue Doing What I am doing?

Dec 22nd, 2020 8m 34s

Should I continue publishing content about autism? This is a question that I must answer ASAP...---For Local Business Marketing checkout Lokal Insider's The Lokal Marketing SecretsFor Local Stories checkout Lokal Insider's The Naked Lokal St

EP 12 How Sensory Stimuli Affect People with Autism

Dec 15th, 2020 4m 31s

How sensory stimuli affect people with Takiwātanga (Takiwātanga is the Māori word for autism)---For Local Business Marketing checkout Lokal Insider's The Lokal Marketing SecretsFor Local Stories checkout Lokal Insider's The Naked Lokal Stori

EP 11 The Ratbag Jeweller Feedback - In the Eyes of a person with autism

Dec 8th, 2020 4m 33s

The episode is about the feedback I received when I published the Ratbag Jeweller story. The feedback came from a person who has autism which makes this experience amazing. Thank you for giving this feedback to improve the content that will be

EP 10 What Happens During an Assessment for Autism

Dec 1st, 2020 5m 53s

This is what happens during an assessment with the specialists. Just sharing a quick story about the outcome of my son's assessment for autism. The challenging part is usually not what you expect.---For Local Business Marketing checkout Loka

EP 09 Temple Grandin - Different Minds Working Together

Nov 24th, 2020 4m 58s

What Temple Grandin said about different minds working together should amaze you as this statement applies regardless if you have autism or none.---For Local Business Marketing checkout Lokal Insider's The Lokal Marketing SecretsFor Local S

EP 08 The 3 Key Takeaways From Tina and Mackenzie - Ratbag Jeweller

Nov 17th, 2020 3m 48s

This episode is about the 3 (actually there are 4 - this is the best) key takeaways we can leverage from Tina's advice. Their story is special as well like other stories out there. This is the business page of The Ratbag Jeweller.https://www

EP 07 Mackenzie The Ratbag Jeweller and His Story of HOPE

Nov 10th, 2020 21m 31s

Good news and bad news... Bad news - I missed out on one episode... Sorry. :-(Good news...At long last! Here is a story of HOPE from Taupo, New Zealand. Mackenzie Lyttle, the owner of Ratbag Jeweller and how he inspires people where you can

EP 06 My Excuse for Today - Sorry

Oct 27th, 2020 2m 53s

I am 100% sorry for not being able to complete editing the content about a great story... This episode is just my excuse for not being able to do so... feel free to skip this, we'll publish a great story next week!Disclaimer:I am not an expe

EP 05 Takiwātanga - Keri Opai and The Story of Takiwātanga

Oct 20th, 2020 22m 47s

In this episode, we will explore the story behind Te Reo Hāpai and Takiwātanga. Keri is the man behind the Māori term for autism which is Takiwātanga. He will talk about the power of language and how this can help sectors from Mental Health, Di

EP 04 The MCHAT TM Checklist

Oct 13th, 2020 6m 5s

Good news and bad news. Let's start with the bad news first. Unfortunately, we still don't have Keri here with us for this episode, but the good news is I'm able to meet up with him in Hamilton.I am currently editing the audio and video for n

EP 03 No Keri for Today But Something Has Caught My Attention

Oct 6th, 2020 4m 24s

We are unable to get time with Keri for this episode as there are schedule constraints. We are still looking at having a meeting about Takiwātanga and Te Reo Hapai.Stay tuned.

EP 02 The LOKAL INSIDER - What is Takiwātanga

Sep 29th, 2020 11m 44s

This episode is an introductory episode for Takiwātanga or Autism.What is Takiwātanga and why I chose this as the podcast show. I also mentioned about why it is important for everyone to live as one.Disclaimer:I am not an expert on autism.

EP 01 Takiwātanga Introduction for this show

Sep 26th, 2020 3m 54s

This episode is an introductory episode for Takiwātanga or Autism.Come and join me on my journey of autism and learn from parents, carers, and from people who are in the spectrum. Disclaimer:I am not an expert on autism. It is not in my in