Joining Lynette Louise, The Brain Broad is Douglas Baker a Special Needs Advisor who understands the overwhelming needs and challenges that other families, related businesses and professionals face in the special needs world. Douglas said “I found the information and services surrounding special needs planning, strategy and management disorganized, fragmented, and poorly understood.” And Lynette agreed.

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According to Douglas special needs families need an “air traffic controller” or “quarterback” to help guide, navigate and plan all of the “moving parts”, collaborating with the key professionals (accounting, legal, medical, educational…) and “adjusting the sails” during on-going (Lifespan) changes of services, legislation, resources, lifestyle and of course, the economic market conditions. 

This is the attitude and assistance that Douglas Baker offers his clients.

Since 1 in 8-10 households have a person living with a significant special need or disability in America. And also since that equates to around $10 Trillion in special needs / mental health and disabled household wealth. Douglas teaches families how to garner support from within their own community in order to not run out of money but to instead recycle what we already have.

Lynette offers the paperback version of her book MIRACLES ARE MADE: A Real Life Guide To Autism for 24 hours at half price.

In Stories From The Road we hear how to choose our therapies and why it is not necessary to wait until you can ‘do it right’.

Today’s question: How do you give the right help?

Today’s answer: Ask yourself ‘How can I help this person?” and then observe them enough to find out what they need.

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With the holidays around the corner Lynette invited her past guest Jennifer St Jude to come back and chat about a recent health challenge. The question of how to handle her recent surgery, her and her children’s autism, the cacophony of life and still maintain a holiday spirit is raised and answered.

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We all deal with the messiness of life while trying to gather and celebrate. But for some these challenges are greater than for others. For Jennifer St Jude and family the challenges are great and the love is even greater.

The Great Guest Giveaway Guest David Kabogoza shares what it was like the first time he met an autistic person. Ironically that person was Lynette’s autistic son Dar. David shares a song of love.

Lynette also offers the kindle version of her book The WingMaker for 24 hours for 99 cents.

In Stories From The Road Lynette shares the story of meeting David and of how to be open hearted and trusting without being naïve and at risk.

Today’s question: How do you deal with autism, surgery and holiday spirits?

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For years, Romina Caruana has investigated autism, analyzing every article that discussed the subject in the hope of understanding what was hidden behind the complex, compromised, and yet deeply joyful personality of her autistic brother. She spent years trying to grasp the sense of it, embarking on spiritual journeys and various types of therapy until she eventually understood that it was not her brother who did not exist, but that it was her. Throughout this journey, a single phrase has touched her heart and life more than anything else: “Autistic children are angels fallen from the sky who don’t want to come down to earth.”

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About her book The Dance of Souls which has been labeled fiction Romina says “No matter how far we run, we can never escape our past, and we can’t grow up as human beings if we don’t face it. This is something extremely common, especially among those who left their home country, and allows the readers to identify themselves with the protagonist. As Lev Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina, “Happy families are all alike. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.””

The Great Guest Giveaway Guest is our host Lynette Louise offering all of her products FREE!!!! The WingMaker, Miracles Are Made, Jeff, Crazy to Sane and Sing Me A Song… please are all available for the price of an email. Happy Holidays!

In Stories From The Road Lynette shares another story from Italy, or more precisely Rome.

Today’s question: If the story is true while call it fiction?

Today’s answer: For the freedom to tell the truth!

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Lynette Louise The Brain Broad invites participants from around the world to speak up in honor of ThanksGiving.

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However – for many reasons – nobody calls in and what was meant to be the voices of many becomes the voice of one. Fortunately the voice is Lynette Louise’s and since she is The Brain Broad traveling around the world to help and heal having her voice speak to many ears is an opportunity to learn with love.

Lynette Louise is a powerful advocate and often the lone voice in regards to autism.

Today’s show is a delightful eye-opening bit of gratitude and song.

Remember to buy Miracles Are Made: A Real Life Guide To Autism and The WingMaker as gifts this holiday season.

In Stories From The Road Lynette shares a conversation she had with a struggling mom the night before.

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Stacey James Wheeler is a Family Dynamics Researcher, speaker and Author of The Stepdad’s Guide: Resolving Family Conflict. He is the founder of Stepdadding.com a site dedicated to helping Stepdads succeed. His older brother Joe is autistic. Stacy is our guest. We talk about family.

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For a quick change of pace Lynette and Stacy have fun while sharing crazy stories of dealing with the more embarrassing aspects that both delight and enlighten the families of people with autism. This is a fun all about family show. Stacy’s expertise is step parenting. This subject matter is especially important when we consider the challenges undergone by step parents globally made even more challenging when the step child has special needs.

Today’s show is a delightful eye-opening bit of realism. Get ready to laugh yourself sane.

Remember to also check out the Indigogo campaign for Fix It In Five. We only have 7 days left and still need a good deal more support if we are going to make it to Israel.

In Stories From The Road Lynette Louise, The Brain Broad, takes you back to the day she first met one of her adopted sons.

Today’s question: Do parents matter?

Today’s answer: Yes!

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Rachele writes a blog entitled My Puzzling Piece and her subject matter is both personal and relevant. She uses the pen name of Portia. She is a woman who has been struggling to stay alive for many years now. Her story is both inspiring and heart wrenching. This is part two of her two part interview. In fact we were initially only expecting to hear from her once but after the first interview both Lynette and Portia realized she had much more to say.

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For those families wondering if they can manage the challenges of life and for those wondering how to share tough information with their special children this episode is a God Send.

This woman and hence this show is truly amazing. So far Portia has met every life threatening challenge with courage and intention. She has also managed to deal with IEP meetings and bullying problems in her son’s world. She thought she was healing finally but recently discovered that,  as she puts it, she is dying again!

This is not a story of courage and possibilities and goal setting. This is a show from a woman giving to others right up to her very last breath.

Remember to also check out the Indigogo campaign for Fix It In Five. You may not be able to Fix Portia but you can take those action oriented feelings and help someone else.

In  Stories From The Road Lynette Louise our Brain Broad shows you the path to action.

Today’s question: If it buys you five more minutes with your son is it worth it?

Today’s answer: Yes!

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Rachele writes a blog entitled My Puzzling Piece and her subject matter is both personal and relevant. She uses the pen name of Portia. She is a woman who has been struggling to stay alive for many years now. Her story is both inspiring and heart wrenching. Her issues – ironically – like most families of autism despite her deathly challenges. In the end she is a typical mom trying to be there to blend and support her spouse and her son as they attempt to live with neuro difference.

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This woman and hence this show is truly amazing. Portia takes us through the day to day story of living with dying. Her son, her husband and herself all struggle to make it a journey of intense value. So far she has met every life threatening challenge with courage and intention. Her son saved her life, more than once. And now, as she puts it – she is dying again!

This time it is Crohns Disease taxing her system and creating the inevitable degradation of her body.

This is not a sad show. This is a show of courage and the will to fix things as they show up.

Remember to also check out the Indigogo campaign for Fix It In Five. You may not be able to Fix Portia but you can take those action oriented feelings and help someone else.

Lynette Louise aka the Brain Broad does not try to top or even complement this story with her own so for this episode there is no Stories From The Road .

Today’s question: Is willpower enough?

Today’s answer: Sometimes!

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Vince is upset because his son is being seen as an inconvenience. The neighbors want quiet and his son likes to jump and moan. This father joins the show to share his frustration and seek a community of support. Lynette is a close family friend.  Vince received a note of complaint. This is a known occurrence in the world of neighboring with special needs and needs to be stopped. Together Lynette and Vince try to find a new way to deal with this type of ‘neighborly’ behavior.

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Following Vince we have Kevin Mohler of legal shield and the newly constructed American Autism Center. Kevin is a take action uncle that wanted to make raising autistic children easier. He watched his nephew trudge from therapy to therapy and decided to build a center full of complimentary therapeutic approaches.

Kevin and Vince are admirable for different reasons. This is a show worthy of note and attention. If you have dealt with problems getting legal help, or neighborly support or felt frazzled dragging your child from place to place in search of help this is the show for you.

In Stories From The Road Lynette Louise aka The Brain Broad teaches us how to rewrite the story of neighbor abuse.

Today’s question: How do we stop the abuse?

Today’s answer: Stop participating in it!

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Today Lynette Louise aka The Brain Broad interviews her grandson and helpmate, Jory Shelton, about what it is like to assist in the care of a low functioning uncle with autism.

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Jory Shelton grew up with his uncle ‘Dar’. But what makes this show fascinating is the story of how, several years ago, when he was still a teenager, he decided to relocate and become an assistant to his ‘Dramma’ Lynette Louise. The deal was that Jory would do chores, hang out with his uncle and cover the home bases whenever Lynette would travel to work with other families around the world. This meant shifting from nephew to caregiver.

If you find yourself wondering what needs to be done to ensure your child’s future I suggest you listen to this show. Most of the ‘right’ answers have to be played out now if the future is to take care of itself. Truly the problem is often seeing it as a problem. Lynette and Jory have lived a story that needs to be shared.

Listen up and you will know what to do to secure success for your adult with autism, if he or she is still on the spectrum when they grow up.

In Stories From The Road Lynette shares a story of when she got in trouble for what some one else didn’t do. The negligence was theirs, the trouble hers.

Today’s question: Should you work with family or professionals?

Jory Shelton http://www.jo-fry.com/jo-fry/Welcome.html

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Some recent developments in Lynette’s life brought renewed energy into her passion for speaking out. Some of those things are shared in this interesting episode. Lynette begins by reading some comments that a Facebook post generated. It was wonderful to see people sharing their experience of autism with such information rich candor. It was wonderful to have sparked the conversation.

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Then Bridget DiRico who is a mother two children, ages seven and five, and has just finished her writing first book, a parenting memoir that depicts the raw and emotional chaos of motherhood, beginning with a stroke at twelve weeks of pregnancy through her daughter’s first day of kindergarten shared something special: Lynette was the inspiration for her ability to redefine a loving relationship with her child.

In addition to being an author, wife and a mother, Bridget DiRico is the co-founder of 360 Business Consulting, a marketing and technology company.

In Stories From The Road Lynette cops to the challenge of repeating her own advice.

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