Heather started an ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) company that wanted to provide higher standards for her clients and families. When she became pregnant with her second daughter, and was about to give birth, she sold her company  to the largest ABA company in America, Autism Learning Partners is 2016. She was able to go back to her or passion and help families one on one. 

Heather is also a TACA (The Autism Community in Action) autism ambassador. Giving back in more ways to our community. 

If that was not enough, she started a new company after researching bio -medical supplements for her own daughter. Pure vitamins and minerals - Simple Spectrum Nutritional Support. She is not only fighting for her daughter, but getting her products covered by insurance and supporting the health of our children. 

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Thank you Heather for sharing your story with us! 

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Spelling to Communicate (S2C) is a technique that helps children with autism to communicate by means of spelling.

Students point to letters on a communication board (called a letterboard) to spell words and create sentences to express their thoughts and feelings. I

In this episode Dawnmarie tells us all about S2C:  what it is, how she started, her practice and research. 

Thank you so much for all you do in our community and for sharing your information! 

Dawnmarie’s website and contact information: 

https://www.transcendingautismandapraxia.com/

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https://spellerslearn.com/

Dawnmarie's Blog post on growth mindset:

https://i-asc.org/growth-mindset/

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Welcome to Autism Mastermind. 

I was blindsighted at an IEP, a few years ago, with the word “transition”.  I needed to come up with what my daughter would be preparing to do after she left school. I had no idea. 

So I sat around one night and brainstormed an idea. I thought - Why do we not have a group of parents and caregivers that come together and chat about our children's futures that is not associated with an organization that has already been established? 

Share our thoughts, experiences, resources and build it if it’s not available in our community. I turned to social media and invited all of my autism family friends to join a meeting. I had no idea that others felt the same way and were lost on what to do next. I am a big believer in “We will figure it out” but why do I/We have to do this alone? 

Chad and I started this podcast to document our daughters future and how we are going to build her life so that it would be exceptional, safe and fulfilling.  

Coming together as a community to share information, share resources, plan futures and build what does not already exist… we are all “Autism Masterminds” we know our children and what they need. Let’s all share and learn from each other.  We are all in it together. 

Autism Mastermind... In it together

Chelsea is an amazing mom, blogger and advocate for her daughter on the autism spectrum. We chat about struggles with getting her daughter a diagnosis, therapies, getting back into her self care routine.

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Just Chad today on this episode. He takes us through a dad’s perspective on raising a daughter with autism. If you enjoy this episode be sure to share, subscribe, write Chad a nice review :) 

Thank you all so much for listening

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I asked the question: 

Has anyone’s health took a turn for the worse since your child’s diagnosis or as your child has grown your health has faltered because you are still stressed, staying up or getting up at all hours of the night, anxiety is still high because of

worrying about the future, ... etc?

I have noticed my own health is suffering from lack of sleep as Paige has gotten older and I’m still up all night. I always thought.. when she’s older she will finally sleep. Well so far it’s a no.

So this got me thinking, I can’t be the only one who feels this way. 

I talk about what parents shared and some solutions. Thank you so much to everyone for sharing your health issues and concerns. It is a hard life and we all need to talk about ourselves as parents and caregivers and what we go through on a daily basis. Let’s help each other, even if it's just to offer support or to give a nod of understanding. 

Link to article I mentioned and quoted:

https://iancommunity.org/ssc/stress-and-autism-parent

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I have known Alycia for over 30 years! Alycia is not only an amazing mom to son Jack she works in the autism field as a para! 

We chat about her life before diagnosis, getting her son's diagnosis and his journey thus far, plus her plans for his future. Also, the importance of self care, especially as our kids get older. We all have the same stories; anxiety filled days of worrying about our families, trying to find providers, basically just trying to survive.

This is one of my favorite episodes! I am so glad we reconnected after many years and I thank you, Alycia, for sharing your story. Especially about the harder times in life.  _________________________________  

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On this episode we are talking all things holidays. The good, the eh and the mindset change. If you find the holiday season stressful, it’s doubly stressful with autism. Especially if you throw food allergies and anxiety in the mix. It ends up being a cluster of tangled Christmas lights that never light up because one bulb is always missing, but you keep trying and trying to make those lights twinkle. So...Guess what we did? 

Please share your holiday stories! Do you have a favorite holiday? DM us on social :) 

http://www.starrylanebakery.com/

https://www.foodallergy.org/education-awareness/teal-pumpkin-project

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On this episode we talk about our “IEP” goals, individually and as a family. We started the year with a vision board.. Can you guess how many “goals” we have achieved thus far this year?? 

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Today’s episode is a very special guest. Jennifer is very near and dear to our family. She has been in our lives for the past 5 years and has worked with Paige in the school setting and as a respite provider for our family. She takes us through her typical day of providing care in an educational setting and in the home care provider setting. Jennifer is our family, we are very lucky to have her in our lives. Bonus: Paige loves her! She is like a big sister. Thank you so much, Jen, for being on the podcast and for being apart of our family.

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