Let's Talk Autism

We did it! 
49 Episodes in a week. 
7 podcasts a day for the last 7 Days.
We want to thank all our guests and every single person for all your support. 
Your stories have all inspired us. 
World Autism Awareness Week 2021

Those 8 year olds are back again talking about their brothers and with some exciting news for Meesh and Christelle!!!!

Channelle is back telling us all about her non verbal teenage son Kayden and his journey into independence!

The lovely Sia is back raising awareness about ARFIDS 
ARFIDS - Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder is a condition characterised by a person avoiding certain types of food and having a very restricted intake of food. 
Sia's son has an ARFIDS and autism diagnosis and tells us about her son's ARFIDS, explaining Dairylea Dunkers as his "safe food" and almost only food he will eat. 
Fascinating and informative as always. 

Our under cover EHCP officer is here explaining more about the funding attached to the EHCP and whether one to one support is always the best use for it, and for your child. 

Our EHCP undercover officer is back giving us the lowdown on estimated times for an EHCP - why it takes this long and what to do if your requests and questions are being ignored along the process. 
Insightful and informative advice as always from our secret mole.

Kenadi and Becca, two of the amazing girls from insta and tiktok account @theuncontrollables join us to talk Tics and Tourrettes. 
The girls have formed a close bond after finding one another on a facebook support forum and creating their account to help raise awareness for tics and tourettes. 

Henry Woodland is here, expert researched in all things Thailand!
Henry tells us all about the historical and present practices and perceptions of mental health in Thailand. 
A hugely informative chat with a guest passionate for raising awareness for autism and Thailand. 

Our secret mole SENCO is here telling us all about EHCP's and how it is possible to apply for your own if you are not receiving the support of the school!
We talk about how lockdown has affected the progress of EHCP's, how funding is decided and challenged and much more all about Education Health Care Plans. 
Informative chat as always with Kelly our secret mole SENCO.

Rachel Dove, author and parent to 2 autistic boys is here to talk about her son's transition from primary to secondary through the pandemic. 
@writerdove