Beyond the Spectrum.. every age, every need

Daryl Calfee is a widower & a father to three children, one of whom was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. He has walked the path of caregiver for some time & does so with vulnerability, love, & honesty. Much of that journey is shared in his book, Let's skip the Bull, Lessons from Dad after your mom died". He visits with Shawn & Brian to discuss this..& more.

Author, Activist, & Advocate extraordinaire. Tiffany Yu shares the genesis of her book, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto & tells her remarkable story of inspiration, while sharing the origin of her fight for inclusion of ALL abilities.

Felisa Strickland is the sole parent/caregiver to her adult daughter, Lily, who has multiple disabilities and requires 24 hr care. They live in Santa Barbara, California where they moved in 2012, after the passing of Lily’s father. Upon moving to Santa Barbara, Felisa found a wonderful disability community. She met other parents, learned ways to get involved and how to advocate for her and Lily, and for other families and their children with disabilities and special health care needs. Felisa has participated in many family parent to parent trainings and workshops over the last 10 years and currently co-facilitates a Parents of Adult Children with Disabilities support group with Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara. She serves on various committees providing parent support as well as fundraising for Alpha’s participants.Felisa is proud to serve as Board President for Alpha Resource Center. She also serves as Board Secretary for The Arc of California, where she is most recently excited to be a Family Coordinator and facilitator of their Caring Futures Initiative, a project to support aging parent caregivers of disabled adult children. Felisa is a contributing author in Becoming Brave Together, a candid and moving Caregiving Anthology released May 2024 and offered by We Are Brave Together. She shares her story in hopes that it encourages others to do the same. She believes our stories connect us, and that together we can bring about more love, acceptance and change to our world of disability and beyond.

An integration specialist is someone who can perceptively identify the parts of you that you’ve kept separate and gently encourage you to embrace them all. This specialist nurtures your natural ability to confront whatever arises with profound love, compassion, and understanding.

Within each of us lie expansive aspects that inherently know what we need and are capable of supporting those parts that have been conditioned to believe we are less than we truly are. Suzy taps into these aspects within you, helping you engage with your life experiences mindfully and reminding you how to do the same.

So your child with special needs has graduated from High School …now what? Check out the latest episode of Just Two Dads featuring Elayne Howitt to find out. Elayne has nearly 30 years of experience as a special needs educator & specializes in helping young adults with disabilities, find their own level of independence after High School. She’s as sincere as she is passionate & her personal story & journey have everything to do with what she brings to her job & students daily.

What if you could control or operate more than just your phone with an in-ear device? How much more? How about virtually any device that uses Buetooth technology? Dave Segal & Sandeep Arya of Naqi Logix sit down to share their cutting-edge technology that they hope will change & add value to the lives of those with disabilities... & more.

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Will my young adult with special needs know true friendship or find love?Jeremy & Ilana Hamburgh are on a mission to help those who are asking that very question. In this episode, they visit with Shawn & Brian to discuss their business & mission, My best Social Life which helps young adults with special needs, navigate their way to friendships & more.  

Danielle Miura, CFP®, EA, is the founder of Spark Financials (https://spark-fin.com), a fee-only financial planning firm located in Ripon, CA. At 25, Danielle’s life turned upside down when she became a family caregiver for her 88-year-old grandmother. Through her caregiving experience, she realized how complex family caregiving can be, from making hard decisions to remembering to care for herself. As a former sandwich generation family caregiver, she is passionate about helping others navigate the financial challenges of caregiving while also prioritizing their own financial well-being.Link Page: https://spark-fin.com/link-page

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