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We vanished for a few weeks - but only to you - and now we're back with a report on the past few weeks, musings of what it means to rejoin life, how we handle overwhelm and shut down and more. This episode is full of stories and laughter which
Do you feel overstretched - or perhaps overstressed? Is taking a vacation or engaging in other "normal" activities in life a bit too much for you? How do you manage your expections or find that joy in the midst of parenting your child with auti
Today Stacy and Anne talk about what they've learned from trips to Disney World, and family vacations with kids with special needs. Join us!
Today Stacy and Anne talk about the challenges of having a business or personal interests in the midst of the demands of mothering a child or young adult on the spectrum.
Today we talk about the topic of friendship and your special needs child. Are our or our child's expectations realistic? Are we looking for a "Friends" sitcom kind of life? Join us for our discussion!
Today is one of the more difficult episodes that we have to talk about in light of current events. A young adult child on the spectrum was shot in his own home by law enforcement sent to help calm an escalating situation. Listen as Stacy and I
How are you at listening? Let's find out on today's episode as Stacy and Anne unpack their experience as parents of adults with autism.
Sometimes it's all about the small and steady steps. There are times when we aren't able to take them for whatever reason. Join Stacy and Anne as we unpack parenting children with autism.
Sometimes in the hard and heavy of day to day, we all need a bit of good news! Join us for a little happy chat today!
Today Stacy and Anne discuss the difficult concept of comparing your child to another. Why do we do this? There are no winners or losers here. Listen to our discussion.Thanks for listening!
Join Stacy and Anne as we talk about power and the feeling of being powerless. Have we learned to be controlling and manipulating in order to try to manage certain behaviors? What is good parenting anyway when you have a child on the autistic s
This show isn't about what you may think. It's about how raising a child with autism has prepared us favorably for COVID. It's a comical look at life.
Today Stacy and Anne talk about addressing our fears and how they paralyze us. It's great conversation today!
In this episode Stacy and Anne discuss how to approach sensitive issues with your adult child with autism. She also discusses a website that you can look up to find out what states will provide the best services for your adult with special need
Today Stacy and I unpack who's expectations are they for our children, and who's really matter. We also continue to talk about trust funds and preparing for our child's future. Join us for another heartfelt discussion on caring for your adult c
We're back! 2020 was just a hard ride for all of us and the show didn't go on. But we're back with new weekly episodes for you! These will be shorter and more concise - just enough to give you what you need to chew on for the week.Today Stacy
In this episode Stacy and Anne unpack some writing/homework hacks for kids in school along with the ever present problem of being there for the siblings of a high need child. How do you cultivate healthy relationships and keep things from getti
It's hard to make decisions and sometimes our fears really get in the way. Who's fear is it anyway - our children's, ours, our partners? We all have fears and sometimes they really get in the way. Join us this week as we unpack this topic.
Autism shut downs happen. Things get confusing, the mind muddles and then bam, all functions shut down for maybe a long period of time. The pressure is too much. Or on a smaller scale your child will fall asleep in the strangest places. It's a
In this really raw and vulnerable talk, Anne and her husband of 30 years talk about the complexities that they had in their marriage as they tried to raise their special needs child. Marriage is hard under the best of circumstances. Raising spe
Whether or not your adult child with ASD has a drivers license is based on many things such as motor skills (pun intended), anxiety level and other things. Some ASD adults are able to drive and do it well, while others are unable to drive for v
Raising an ASD kid can lead to great loneliness for the moms. Many give up their job, their career and stay home full time with a child that may have too many challenges to take out of the house. Are you bound by your routine and all of the nee
Join us this week with our special guest Stephanie who has come up with some genius ideas to help her non-verbal 4 year old ASD son. Stephanie has been brilliant and full of creativity as she has worked on making materials for her son. If you w
Well here's a loaded topic! Many new moms these days are talking about autism as if it's a gift. "Isn't it wonderful that we are learning all these new ways to love, or learning to live selflessly. It's so rewarding having a child with autism".
So, we thought by this point our children would have moved out of the house. But instead, they are firmly planted at home in their early 20's with their own sense of clutter and disorganization. Now we are the first to admit that maybe we weren
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