In Part II of Quarantine Life, Colette & Kelly Henry, guest on Episode 05 of the Building Buchanan podcast, talk about true inclusion and how to make it happen, beyond the current social distancing of today's pandemic.

In this episode of the Building Buchanan podcast, Colette sat down with Kelly Henry to get her take on the Coronavirus crisis that has changed life as we know it.

Kelly recently wrote an amazing piece on her experience as a parent of a high schooler with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic called, “Welcome to Our Quarantine.” She wrote the narrative about the experience of raising a person with autism with the permission of all the boys in the essay.

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About our Guest 

Kelly is a social-organizational psychologist at Missouri Western State University where she teaches about group dynamics and social influence. She has been married to Kirk for 22 years, and they are raising three lovely humans: Connor (18), Molly (13), and Collin (9). She and her family reside in Kansas City, Missouri.

In this episode of the #BuildingBuchanan Podcast, Colette sat down with Matt Kneib, police officer with the St. Joseph Police Department, to learn about how and when his perspectives changed, what motivates him to help people and be so involved in our community, and how anyone can make a difference. He touched on his experience building partnerships to create processes and systems to help persons with autism and how the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) has helped to create a better understanding of developmental disabilities and mental health in Buchanan County.

In this episode, Colette sat down with Tara Stoll, recent transplant from Buchanan county to Oregon, where she is leading the way to a more inclusive community, both by personal example and in her career.

In this episode, Tara and Colette shared personal stories about navigating parenting and life in general. Tara helped Colette break down common myths about disabilities and shared how they work to make sure their families can live just like everyone else.

We loved when Tara talked about growing with her daughter, Olivia, and how she described the impact her daughter has had on her way of thinking and looking at life. 

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In the premiere episode of Building Buchanan, Colette sat down with Dr. Sheli Reynolds to talk to her about her career and the defining moment that inspired her to work on systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. 

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