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Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs

Shannon Korza, Brittney Crabtree, Tash Dillmon, Jean Mayer

The Moms Talk Autism Podcast is for parents raising children with special needs. We are four moms, all with autistic children and other neurodivergence. Teaching a special needs child to navigate the world around them comes with challenges and struggles. We want to talk about those challenges openly with you and others. We discuss grief, school, family balance, siblings, therapies, social conversations, behaviors, delays, diagnosis advocation, and marriage. We do not hold degrees in medicine or neuroscience, nor are we special education teachers, but we are experts in raising our kids and figuring out everything as we go. Think of this podcast as a coffee shop chat with your closest girlfriends. We want to talk, raise awareness, and help each other thrive with our neurodivergent families in a neurotypical world. Follow us on Instagram @momstalkautism Website: www.momstalkautism.com Come say hello! hello@momstalkautism.com Shannon Korza, Tash Dillmon, Jean Mayer & Brittney Crabtree

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Awkward Conversations: How to Field Unwelcome Remarks and Unsolicited Advice

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02/01/22 • 66 min

This week's episode is all about those uncomfortable remarks, questions, and advice offered to you from strangers and friends alike. We all receive unwanted parenting advice from time to time, but there is another layer added when it comes to the special needs aspect to our families' dynamics. Comments and confrontations can range from rude, to ignornant, to genuinely asking hearfelt questions. We've heard it all, and if you haven't, it's only a matter of time. We try to laugh about it and, most importantly, look for opportunities to educate. It's a tricky line to walk sometimes. Listen and tell us some of your awkward stories too! Instagram: @momstalkautism Email: hello@momstalkautism

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ABA Ground Zero

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01/17/22 • 66 min

ABA: Applied Behavior Analysis Therapy This is a frequently requested topic and will be covered again on future episodes. For this week, we won't be discussing the controversy of the therapy, but merely providing some background information based on our own personal, lived in experiences. It's important to know that ABA isn't a binary topic and there are many areas to explore. While it has been essential to most of us, it also has pitfalls.

Some tips to keep in mind: Interview your BCBA and other therapists. It's not just what is applied, but how it is applied. No therapy is perfect and they all require your participation and oversight as a parent to be successful.

If you have questions or concerns, we'd love to chat about it with you. Let us know what you think!

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Megan Carranza from Adventures In Autism Podcast joins us in a conversation about the holidays. How they change after an autism diagnosis.

We talk about that one moment when we realized the holidays are now different. Just like our lives are.

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12/13/21 • 41 min

Talking about ALL of the kids today. We discussed the ins and outs of parenting neuro-divergent and neuro-typical children within each of our families. Age gaps, sibling dynamics, and what we hope the future holds for each of our kids as they grow up and become more independent.

We hope you can relate to one or more of our stories today. All of our families are very different, which means sibling relationships can be very different. There is no right way to do this parenting thing, but hearing others’ stories can hopefully spark some ideas to implement in your own home. Most importantly, we hope this episode gives you hope on how to discuss divergence within your own family and close friends.

*In what ways do you parent each of your children differently? What are their unique needs?

*How can we talk about autism and our family dynamic in an open and honest way? With others outside our family?

*Consider opening up to your children about your family concerns. How can your typical kids participate in including their special needs siblings?

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Normal Is A Lie! How Special Needs Families Do Life Differently

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12/06/21 • 61 min

Normal is Lie: Doing Life Differently as a Special Needs Parent

We are taking you to “Church” this week!

In this episode, we draw the distinctions of The Family Systems Theory and how it is a harmful model in setting the pace or standard for family life. The prototype of the family when there is a child with a disability, it’s much different. That model also sees disability as negative. The problem with that is that pathology sets the tone for the points of view society has about disability. Yes, disability is real, but it doesn’t have to be bad. It can be really beautiful, not that I want to romanticize it, you just don’t want people to miss out on the good things or write off the value our children bring to the world.

Hardest part of all, we don’t have a point of reference for the framework(s) of families like ours.

With that comes the additional layers of shame, comparison, and feeling like a burden.

Perfectly functioning nuclear families aren’t the pinnacle of human society and what we don’t know is that this model has to be thrown out once we embrace or know our child has a diagnosis.

We are conditioned and groomed for a different kind of life, and it’s not the one we have been handed.

Again, it is important to recognize we don’t have a point of reference like the nuclear family with neurotypical or typically developing children.

Helpful tips:

  • Lower your expectations
  • Delegate the things you think are only “mom duties”
  • Reframe the setbacks as opportunities to reflect
  • You don’t have to do it all
  • Prioritize what is most important
  • Don’t subscribe to cliches
  • Your biggest job is to become mentally strong Check us out and say hello Where to find Moms Talk Autism Website Email Instagram Where to find Jody Website Email Instagram Where to find Shannon Email Instagram Where to find Jean Email Instagram Where to find Tash Email Instagram Where to find Brittney Website Email Instagram
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Today we talked about trusting others to care for our autistic children. Whether family members, teachers or therapists. We talked about how we can gain that trust and also how to let go of our fears and find confidence in others.

We hope you'll gain better insight into why we are sometimes stuck in wanting to control situations involving our kids. We also want to shed light on how trusting others can alleviate some of the stress of needing to do everything for our kids.

*What is the deeper cause of distrust with family members/
*What can we do to help and gain more trust and better communication with those who care for our kids?
*What would be the benefit of letting go of control and trusting?

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01/10/22 • 49 min

In this episode, we have our first dad on the podcast but not just any dad, Author, Advocate + IEP Expert, Aaron Wright. We will explore some of the hard truths, pitfalls, and insights that we hope empower you as a parent having to navigate services, support, and accommodations for your children with autism or any child with exceptional needs. He wrote a memoir titled 13 Doors that illustrates what he + his wife, Lisa Wright, educator + now Certified IEP Coach herself went through with their child.

You can see their Beginner's Guide to IEPs here.

Additionally, this is an Advocacy Toolkit, which is mentioned that Jean, Co-Host recommends to the families she mentors, along with acquainting themselves with Wright's Laws.

Top Tips:
  • To Advocate is to be curious and keep asking questions.
  • It is up to the parent to "police" the system.
  • Educating the parents is universal but it doesn't exist for everyone.
  • It is important to be conscious of your mental health because this can serve as chronic aggravation.
  • Eligibility is different from a diagnosis.
  • What is medically necessary isn't educationally necessary.
  • You don't have to agree to anything in the actual meeting. Take your days.
  • Foster & Maintain relationships with your child's team.
  • It is automatically, by design, a contentious relationship.
  • Get to know your Procedural Safeguards: Designed to protect the rights of parents and their child with a disability, and at the same time, gives families and school systems several mechanisms by which to resolve disputes.
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I'm sure you've said, "I wish I would've known.." many times. We have. That's why we decided to have a whole episode on it! We're sharing things that we wish we had known from the beginning. Talking about family & friends, services, diagnosis & more.

When we start this journey of autism with our families, we are sorta thrust into a lifestyle that we have no clue how to navigate. There are so many things that we are focusing on. One foot in front of the other. Trying to manage everything, including our emotions, and navigate the world with our new reality. Amid all that, lessons we are learning that we wish we would have known BEFORE they hit.
"I wish I'd known ______." That's what we'll be talking about today!

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Ever feel caregiver burnout? Ever feel like you are in a hamster wheel as a caregiver?

Listen to this convo.

Grief isn't linear; it's a wheel of adaptation.

Dr. Nancy Miller, psychologist and social worker, wrote Nobody's Perfect: Living + Growing with Children Who Have Special Needs.

In this book, she worked with four moms over five years and distilled their experiences into one book.

The model is derived from communication with the moms, experience of the working families, the writings of parents and professionals.

"Adaptation" kicks in when we feel robbed of our chance and our Child's chance for living an equal life.

There are four stages, and stick with us as we will dive into each. Think of them like four hemispheres, similar to a Venn diagram nature, constantly shape-shifting through your journey.

The 4 S's: Survival, Searching, Settling In, and Separating are very real and relevant to understanding what we may all be feeling, whether it's exclusively or simultaneously.

Advocacy is a muscle, and this is a journey about endurance.

Hot tips and takeaways from the conversation to ease the distress you as a parent would experience at any of the stages:

  1. Make time for yourselves, understand your feelings + create a support system.
  2. Honor yourself as well as validate your feelings.
  3. Always remain hopeful even when it feels hopeless.

All easier said than done; that is why we are here to offer the support we all have been longing for.

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Self Care and Caregiver Burnout

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01/24/22 • 59 min

Self Care! Yes, it's totally a buzzword these days, but we talk about it in conjunction with Caregiver Burnout and how imperative it is to not just recognize when we’re in that phase, but also how we can truly start making ourselves a priority. Self care can look luxurious but it's also very much about setting personal boundaries in our lives. Mental health should always be a priority for us as special needs parents. We truly hope that you will find something relatable from this episode, maybe even an “ah ha” moment, some insight on how you can better care for yourself in this marathon of Special Needs Parenting. We all fail at some point in caring for ourselves, but recognize that it's ok to ask for help. Caring for you is never selfish!

*What are some ways in which you carve out time for yourself? And what are some of those self care routines?

*How do you recognize you're getting to the burnout phase? And how do you advocate for yourself?

*Make a list of small, simple things that you can implement into your daily routine that's just for you. Consider making a list of things that might be a little more “luxurious” and adding that into your monthly or bi-yearly routine.

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How many episodes does Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs have?

Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs currently has 98 episodes available.

What topics does Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs cover?

The podcast is about Parenting, Kids & Family, Podcasts, Adhd, Education and Autism.

What is the most popular episode on Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs?

The episode title 'Awkward Conversations: How to Field Unwelcome Remarks and Unsolicited Advice' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs?

The average episode length on Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs is 60 minutes.

How often are episodes of Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs released?

Episodes of Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs?

The first episode of Moms Talk Autism, Parenting Autism, ADHD, Special Needs was released on Oct 3, 2021.

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