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  • Understanding Autism Appreciation

    James Guttman talks Autism Awareness, Autism Acceptance, and Autism Appreciation as it relates to parents and society. 

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    18 min
  • Silent Symptoms

    James Guttman talks about the often unmentioned issue of knowing when your non-verbal child with autism is sick...especially when that person is a trooper like his son.

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    16 min
  • Guilt & Shame

    James Guttman looks at the strange ways in which guilt and shame enter the mind of a new special needs parent...and not in the ways you might think. James looks at how it is important to be honest about that time, despite how much things may have changed since his non-verbal child with autism was a baby.

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    14 min
  • My Unspoken Fears As A Special Needs Parent

    People are aware of some of James Guttman's worries as a father to a non-verbal boy. James addresses the worries and fears that are rarely spoken of, but vastly outweigh communication concerns.

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    13 min
  • Never Giving Up On Teaching My Non-Verbal Son To Speak

    James Guttman talks about his son's attempts to find language and how a communication device didn't hinder that...although he worried it might,

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    14 min
  • Texts From My Teenage Daughter

    James Guttman, with Lucas by his side, talks about being a girl dad, the balance of special needs parenting with raising his teenage daughter, and the "idk" text messages that haunt him.

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    14 min
  • A Special Graduation For My Special Boy

    James Guttman's non-verbal son has just graduated elementary school. James looks at the stark contrast between this ceremony and the debacle that was is preschool one. #AutismAppreciation

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    16 min
  • Lucas's Picnic

    James Guttman looks back on his non-verbal son's last elementary school picnic before moving to his new school and the difficult decision behind it.

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    12 min
  • My Non-Verbal Child's Frustrations

    James Guttman looks at his son with autism's meltdowns and how, no matter how frustrating it is for him as a parent, it's worse for his boy. (corrected audio)

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    13 min
  • No Thank You, I'm A Parent

    James Guttman looks at the little gratitude parents get, the overwhelming leeway absentee dads get, and why he sometimes forces his non-verbal to leave the comfort of his room to live life.
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    18 min

About Hi Pod! I'm Dad.

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Hi Pod! I’m Dad is where I talk through fatherhood while raising a son with autism who does not speak.

I’m James Guttman, the dad behind Hi Blog! I’m Dad. This podcast isn’t about…