Shifting the Narrative on Everything Autism

On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin discuss some of the pseudo-disorders that are often used to avoid diagnosing a child with autism.                                                               ***

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On this week's episode, Stacy discusses her recent trip to Guatemala to help rural families with their autistic children.  What did she learn? What different challenges do these families face? What can be done to help these people?                                                                  ***

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On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin discuss fear-mongering, misinformation, confusion, and despair which often accompany a child's autism diagnosis. Torrin refers to this as The Autism.                                                              ***

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On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin wrap up their series on Autism and friendship by discussing the ways in which friendships among autistic adults often differ from neurotypical friendships.                                                                 ***

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Last week, Stacy and Torrin discussed autism and friendship among children. This week, they discuss what friendships look like between autistic adolescents.  Do the dynamics change as they get older?  How are they different from non-autistic teenagers?                                                                ***

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On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin begin a three-part series about autism and friendship.  This first episode centers around elementary-aged children. -How can autistic children make friends? -Do autistic children even need to make friends?  -If you are holding a birthday party for your autistic child, who should you invite? -How important is it to teach "appropriate" social skills?                                        ...

Y'all read the title.  This week, Stacy and Torrin discussed the issues with situations were are commonly referred to as "inclusive" but are often times not at all. In many of these cases, autistic children either experience exclusion with extra steps or are being forced to conform for the benefit of others.  Obviously, these situations are not good for a child's mental health...                                                  ...

On this week's episode, Stacy discusses Torrin's recent realization that he might be Dyslexic and how that learning disability has affected his life thus far.  They also discussed how learning disabilities interact with Autism and how an autism diagnosis might mask these other disabilities.                                                                      *** 

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On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin discuss the finer points of employment for autistic young adults. -Why is finding the right job is important? -What are workplace accommodations? -Why Do Autistic People Struggle To Keep Jobs?                                                                   ***

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This week, Stacy and Torrin have some fun discussing a fake disorder known as Virtual Autism. Basically, some doctor in Romania constructed a theory, backed up by zero scientific research, that screen time was giving toddlers autism-like symptoms. While the idea of Virtual Autism is BS, the potential for grifters to prey on vulnerable parents is a ligament concern.                                                                 ...

Karina Saechao is a speech therapist and PhD candidate focusing on language understanding and use in the Black and African American population.  Karina joined us to discuss the difficulties many autism families, especially autism families of color have accessing therapy and appropriate supports, such as AAC (Alternate and Augmentative Communication).  Karina provides therapy, coaching, and evaluations...

Laura Kerby returned to the podcast once again for more talk about PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance).

This time, Laura also discussed:

-Her counseling and assessment service: PAST (Positive Assessments and Suppor and Training.

-Her new book: The Educator's Experience of Pathological Demand Avoidance

-Her personal journey in becoming an autism educator.

-Her own realization that she was autistic.

This episode was a banger.

In our follow-up episode to last week's discussion on Caregiving, Stacy and Torrin again dive into the the topic. This week, they talk about the consequences of not making the right choices in caregiving for an autistic child.                                                                  ***

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On this episode, Stacy and Torrin talk about people who care give for a child with autism, and the tough choices they regularly need to make. We had so much to say, we had to split this topic into two episodes.                                                                         ***

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On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin tell you everything you'll need to know (hopefully) about navigating Halloween with your autistic child.  -Custom is causing sensory hell? Do this. -When are autistic children to old to trick-or-treat? TL;DR: when people stop giving them candy. -What to do if your child can't say "trick-or-treat."  -and more.                                                                       ***

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While taking a mental health day to clear her head, Stacy took a few moments to record this short, special episode of the podcast.  In this episode, Stacy emphasizes the points we've made over the past year and a half of doing this podcast: -Do the work -Listen to neurodivergent children -Let neurodivergent children be themselves We'll be back with our normally scheduled episode in a few days.                                   ...

On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin were joined by Manisha Snoyer to discuss her new homeschooling app Modulo.  Modulo provides educational tracks for students and allows parents to connect with instructors and other homeschooling families.  In the episode, we and Manisha touched on: -The short-comings traditional schooling has teaching ND students -The benefits homeschooling can have for ND stu...

On this episode of Shifting the Narrative On Everything ADHD, Stacy and Torrin discussed Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD). -What is RSD? -What is the connection with ADHD? -Does it present differently in different people? -How does RSD intersect with other disorders and other identities?  -How we can help meet the needs of people with RSD -RSD and Autism. We also talked about: -Support need lang...

This week, Stacy and Torrin are joined by author, public speaker, and researcher Kieran Rose to discuss autism related topics ranging from sensory issues, to masking, to how autism fits within intersectionality.

In this episode: -Kieran talks about his new book all about autistic masking -Is gendered autism real? -Sensory issues, explained -Autism and intersectionality Order Kieran's book: https://theautisticadvocate.com/autistic-...