Looking to the future

Today I reminisce on the journey of my 2 kiddos Autism diagnoses, and how different both of those journeys were.

It's been a minute since I have done an episode because I've stressed too much about having the 'perfect' content. I am refocusing my efforts on just showing up consistently and authentically.  Today, I talk about some thoughts about the upcoming summer break, and share some little life updates.

This is a condensed version of our battle with our kids' school regarding their monitoring and GPS tracking devices. We use AngelSense devices for our kids safety. Through this device we heard our son being verbally abused on his first day of school. Here is how the school handled it and the hell we went through fighting for our rights. 

Some thoughts about looking to the future with special needs kids.

this episode takes us down to the basics of advocacy. I share some of real life examples of how being an advocate has helped me be a better parent. 

In this episode, we have special needs teacher and IEP expert, Colee Geiger join us to answer some questions about IEPs. She shares her teaching perspective on IEP meetings, what parents can do to use IEP meetings to advocate for their child and shares rights that you have as parents that many aren't aware of. 

Let's chat about some of the complex feelings that come with seeking a diagnoses and the judgement that can come with it. 

This episode explores where to start if you think your child may be delayed. Desirae introduces some baby steps into becoming a fierce advocate and how we can overcome any pride we have keeping us from exploring delays. 

In this episode, You get to know the voice behind the nonverbal voice as well as understand what this podcast aims to accomplish.