Mother's Guide Through Autism

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Pain is universal and we all have to deal with it whether you're on the spectrum or not. Talking about pain is not an easy thing to do but we can make the most profound and deep connection with others when we open ourselves up to talk about it.

Brigitte and her son Joseph talk about the pain Joseph experienced growing up with autism. Joseph talks about some of the difficulties of reading social cues and the resulting rejections he experienced, and how confusing it was to socially interact with others.

Joseph also talks about how he dealt with grief when he lost his father and how meditation and Buddhist principles helped him to deal with the pain of life and stay tranquil when the going gets tough.

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In this episode of Mother’s Guide Through Autism podcast I discuss the process of moving through the pain of getting an autism disgnosis of my son. 

It was devastating news to receive as a mother. I went through shock, numbness, grief, and I thought the pain I felt in my heart was going to kill me. But I moved through it and allowed it to pull me into becoming a mother warrior. Advocacy for my son began. 

Pain can be a tool to use when we are in the darkness of learning that our child has been diagnosed with a life long disability. Learn the tools that I have discovered through being a life coach, teacher, a mother guide.

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In this episode of Mother’s Guide Through Autism, Brigitte Shipman and her son Joseph Shipman have a discussion about what Block Therapy and Fost Forward Therapy were like for him. Joseph shares what he remembers of his experience. 

Joseph also shares how deviation from a routine in his childhood felt like a computer crashing and how crucial it was to hear his mom say she was proud of him.  

Brigitte and Joseph talk about the importance of transition time and how patience is key in raising a child with autism. 

Resources:

BMV Life Coach Website: bmvlifecoach.com

AIT- Auditory Processing Therapy-https://www.aithelps.com
https://www.aitinstiture.org

Fast Forward: Fast Forward Home website-http://www.fastforwordhome.com/
Scientific Learning website-http://www.scilearn.com

Wilbarger Therapeutic Pressure Brush- http://www.sutismcommunitystore.com/wishlist/

Block Therapy: To remind when we did this therapy with Joseph it was experimental. The only resource we had at that time was a Neurologist who did brain injury research. There is no exact method that we did that I could find a website for this therapy. This is recent research to take a look at today: Neuroptimize-Reward, Strengthen, Rebuild- neuroptimizeco.com

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Brigitte shares her inspiring story of how she followed her own intuition in deciding to work with a neurologist with a not-so-stellar reputation in her small town. 

Though considered unconventional (and inconclusive to this day), Block Therapy with this neurologist was worth a shot to try since it wasn’t going to hurt her son Joseph. It ended up helping Joseph with understanding of directions, processing of the language, and so much more. Brigitte shares what she monitored and recorded in her journal. 

Brigitte also shares the story of how she pleaded with the Fast Forward Therapy founders to expand the program so mothers in the rural areas can use this program with their children. 6 Months later, they offered the software program people could use at home. Brigitte started administering Fast Forward Therapy at home with the new software and it greatly improved Joseph’s speech, focus, and social interaction with others. 

Resources:

BMV Life Coach Website: https://bmvlifecoach.com

AIT- Auditory Processing Therapy - https://www.aithelps.com

https://www.aitinstiture.org

Fast Forward: Fast Forward Home website - http://www.fastforwordhome.com/

Scientific Learning website - http://www.scilearn.com

Wilbarger Therapeutic Pressure Brush- http://www.sutismcommunitystore.com/wishlist/

Block Therapy: To remind when we did this therapy with Joseph it was experimental. The only resource we had at that time was a Neurologist who did brain injury research. There is no exact method that we did that I could find a website for this therapy. This is recent research to take a look at today: Neuroptimize-Reward, Strengthen, Rebuild- neuroptimizeco.com

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Brigitte and Joseph discuss Joseph’s personal experience of what took place during and after Auditory Integration Training Therapy. They also discuss how they have personally seen how early intervention can change a child’s life. Brigitte gives her own inspiration of why it is never too late to begin.

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This episode will take you through one of the early therapies that Brigitte found on her journey of becoming Joseph’s expert advocate. Although there are therapies being offered that are found to be inconclusive, they may just work. Brigitte tells her story of what she documented and how Auditory Integration Training began waking her son Joseph up.

Links/Resources:

Book: Learning To Dance In The Rain: Melanie Bennett  

AIT (Auditory Processing Therapy) - https://www.aithelps.com
https://www.aitinstiture.org

Fast Forward: Fast Forward Home website - http://www.fastforwordhome.com/
Scientific Learning website - http://www.scilearn.com  

Wilbarger Therapeutic Pressure Brush - https://www.autismcommunitystore.com/wilbarger-therapeutic-pressure-brush  

Block Therapy: To remind when we did this therapy with Joseph it was experimental. The only resource we had at that time was a Neurologist who did brain injury research. There is no exact method that we did that I could find a website for this therapy. This is recent research to take a look at today: Neuroptimize - Reward, Strengthen, Rebuild - neuroptimizeco.com

BMV Life Coach https://www.bmvlifecoach.com/

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This episode will enlighten mothers who are suffering as they are becoming their child’s expert advocate. Brigitte interviews her son Joseph about what his experience has been living with autism for the past 27 years of his life. He gives his own perspective of what he was actually living vs. what his mother was feeling during different periods of his life. 

This mother and son have teamed up to offer you two sides to the story. One being of a mother who is advocating to improve her son’s dim future prognosis of life; the other being the person who is living it. 

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This episode is for any mother who is searching for hope and inspiration in raising her child with autism. Brigitte offers you a story of how she and her autistic son Joseph teamed up to help other mothers of children in the autistic spectrum become the expert advocates for their children. This is an inspiring introduction of how Mother’s Guide Through Autism came to be. Brigitte tells her background story, and how her son Joseph described what role she played in his 27 years of living with autism. 

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