Ep 16: Legos, Alone Time & Adjusted Expectations: How to Survive the Holidays with Neurodiverse Kids
We’re sharing our best tips for surviving the holiday season, including managing schedules and resetting expectations for a fun holiday.
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We're Super Glad You're Here.
We're Gwen & Kristen. Together, we have 35 years of experience parenting some fiercely amazing, neurodiverse humans, which gives us an endless supply of stories of inspiring failures and heartbreaking wins. We've always wanted to share the hilarity and the hard with other parents, so here we are, doing this podcast thing!
- Nov 7
Ep 15: Here Are the Things We’re Most Grateful to Have Learned on Our Neurodiverse Parenting Journey
We’re sharing all the things we have to be grateful for — whether they’re obvious, a little quirky, or even a bit of a stretch!
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- Oct 24
Ep 14: It’s Spooky Season: Our Top Tips on Tackling Halloween with Neurodiverse Kids
We’re sharing our top pro tips for how to tackle Halloween for neurodiverse families from costumes, candy, trick-or-treating, and more.
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- Oct 10
Ep 13: IEP Strategies to Set You and Your Neurodiverse Child Up for Success
We’re talking about IEPs today: why they’re important, how to navigate the process, and why you are your child’s biggest advocate.
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- Sep 26
Ep 12: Suicide Prevention for the Neurodiverse Population with Anne Moss Rogers
Anne Moss Rogers talks to us about suicide prevention and why we have to keep talking about it, especially with neurodiverse kids.
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- Sep 12
Ep 11: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Partnering with Your Neurodiverse Child’s School Team
We’re continuing our back to school series with 5 questions to ask yourself when partnering with your neurodiverse child’s school team.
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- Aug 29
Ep 10: Back to School Series: How to Alleviate Stress and Ease Anxiety for Neurodiverse Families
We’re kicking off our back to school series with how to help ease the transition from summer to a new school year for neurodiverse families.
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- Aug 14
Ep 9: Reflections, Insights, and Fond Memories from Working with Neurodiverse Students
Kristen retired from The Joshua School and shares her experience and favorite memories working with neurodiverse students there.
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- Aug 1
Ep 8: Repetitive Behavior and Restricted Interests: Superpower and Coping Mechanism for Our Kids
We’re discussing how neurodiverse kids can be hyper focused on their special interests and engage in repetitive behaviors.
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- Jul 18
Ep 7: The Ninth Circle of Hell: Traveling When You’re a Neurodiverse Family
Today, we’re talking about the difficulties that arise when taking family trips with neurodiverse children.
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- Jul 4
Ep 6: Going Down the Rabbit Hole of Diagnoses with Neurodiverse Children
We talk about our shared experiences of going down the rabbit hole of autism and other diagnoses with our neurodiverse children.
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- Jun 20
Ep 5: The Summer Suck: The Struggles of Summer with Neurodiverse Kids
Today, we talk about how summer is a hard time for families with neurodiverse children, the struggles we face, and how we try to cope.
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- Jun 6
Ep 4: How Our Neurodiverse Kids Navigate Friendship
Today, we talk about the data behind making friends when you have autism, learning what friendship and loyalty mean, and how we can help to
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- May 23
Ep 3: Neurodiverse Families and the Many Faces of Isolation
Today, we talk about isolation, loneliness and the impact on neurodiverse families, including stories from our lives, and coping strategies
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- May 23
Minisode: Neurodiversity and the Autism Spectrum: Words You Need to Know
In today’s episode, we’re getting back to basics and digging out the DSM-5 to define these terms for anyone who might not be aware.
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- May 23
Ep 2: An Introduction to Our Cast of Characters
Today, we interview each other and talk about where we live, our difficult journeys to having kids, and their diagnoses and personalities.
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- May 23
Ep 1: We’re Not Your Average Parenting Podcast
Today, we’re sharing our mission, our perspective, and introducing ourselves as the parents of some amazing neurodiverse humans.
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