Another Piece of the Puzzle

Welcome our last episode recorded during Autism Awarness and Acceptance Month! We recorded this episode after Easter and this holiday reminded us of some of the challenges that comes during some of the special days of the calendar. Continuing on the theme of the calendar, we also discussed the Extended School Year and how that […]

Welcome again to another episode recorded during Autism Awarness and Acceptance Month! This week a special guest joins Kristina, Erica and Avelino: our good friend Pake! This week we discuss attendant care services. Kristina has been receiving attendant care services for her son Tyler and has been thankful for the help. She invited our friend […]

Welcome again to Autism Awarness and Acceptance Month! This week Avelino has a special one-on-one interview with one of our listeners, Laura Sawgle! Laura contacted us a few weeks ago with her own story regarding her son and both their journeys with the Boy Scouts. She recounted trying to find an extra curricular activity that […]

Welcome again to Autism Awarness and Acceptance Month! This week Erica, Kristina and I continued our discussion of public places, especially what to do if we see a fellow parent of a child with ASD having a bad day. Situations like these can be delicate but we talked about ways to read the scene and […]

Welcome to Autism Awarness and Acceptance Month! Inspired by the story of an actor responding in a very positive and empathetic way on social media to a mother of an autistic child who disturbed one of his live Broadway performances, Erica, Kristina and I discuss taking our children out to public places. We talked about […]

In this episode, Kristina, Erica, and I talked about the extracurricular activities we have tried with our children. Because it’s important to keep our children active, engaged, and socialized, we had to find activities that our kids would embrace that would fill each of these needs. We conclude our discussion by talking about the positive […]

In this episode, Kristina, Erica, and I talked about life soon after the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. We also talked about our emotional response to the diagnosis in our children and what to expect with regards to planning for their education and care moving forward. Finally we discussed the resources available after a positive […]

Please join us Kristina, Erica, and Avelino as we introduce ourselves and our children. In this episode, we discuss the observations that led us to believe our children should be evaluated by an expert and the diagnosis that our children were on the autistic spectrum. That diagnosis, as we discuss, sometimes isn’t straightforward and sometimes […]