Parenting Autism

This episode is a discussion of how we have seen Bryce benefit from Music Therapy that we started five months ago. His anxiety has greatly decreased while his interest for creative activities has increased. He wants to listen to more music and play instruments at home now. He is singing lyrics and learning new words from songs. We describe a typical solo session as well as his group sessions. We have seen SO MANY POSITIVE RESULTS that we wanted to dedicate an episode to the topic in case other families are considering it. 

We also bring everyone up to speed on new developments in our little family from the past two weeks. Bryce continues to be on a "brain growth spurt" which has us bursting with joy and amazement! We know this journey pretty much revolves around Bryce's timing, and we are so happy for all the progress he continues to make each day. His joy and happiness seems to be on a higher level now that he is able to verbally express more thoughts, ask more questions, and state more opinions. It's a beautiful thing! 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion of how we are rediscovering ways to reconnect with past passions that we individually enjoy but haven't been able to do much since Bryce's diagnosis. We also talk about the changes the past couple of weeks and how we are managing our little family during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. 

We hope that this discussion may spark some ideas for each of you to reconnect to now or after this pandemic passes us by ... We would like to play tennis again but our courts are closed. BUT we can play our instruments and carve out time for reading books or watching a favorite movie in our quiet time.

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion of how we are making decisions and managing our little family during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. We talk about his most recent ABA evaluation which was very positive with new goals for the next six-month stretch. 

We hope that our perspective will bring encouragement to others as this "invisible enemy" continues to attack people in countries throughout the world. We are doing all we can to keep a calm environment for Bryce with explanations that he can comprehend and easily adapt to with changes continuing to take place on his personal calendar.  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode answers questions to five questions we recently received. We discuss Bryce's supplements, our homeschool decision, "The Good Doctor", relationships with neurotypical parents, and Bryce's ASD level.  

This article is a good tool to help identify each level and how it may apply to your child or to someone you know with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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This episode is a discussion about the importance of Bryce expressing his emotions. 

We also talk about Bryce's upcoming ABA review and the frustrations that come with documenting behaviors in order to continue to get ABA hours to provide the help he still obviously needs (obvious to us as his parents who see him 24/7 and not 20 hours a week). 

Lastly, we talk about how we are dealing with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and the impact on our family to date. 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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In this episode, we talk about our experience with ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), some of the lessons we have learned, and how we use them with our son, Bryce. 

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

In this episode, our guest is Kristine Erice-Saxton, a dear friend and fellow autism parent. We met when Bryce was three and her son, Dylan, was ten. She has been a God-send and an incredible source of inspiration, wisdom, and kindness. She and her husband, Matt, have huge hearts for our local autism community and just opened a school in our home town of Port St. Lucie, FL. Their school, Exceptional Academy for Differently-Abled Learners, has provided a place of acceptance and tailored education that is a challenge to find in our area. 

We talk about the difficult decision of choosing the right path for education when your child has autism. Homeschool? Public School? Private School? There's no definitive answer other than finding the place where your child will thrive most with the right support and education tools. We hope you will find value in this episode if you are now planning for Kindergarten or are having a current struggle with your school situation. You can learn more about Kristine and Matt's school at www.exceptionalacademypsl.com.

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

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Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

In this episode, we begin with Bryce assisting with the intro. Although he has no idea that he has autism or that he has some beautiful differences from many others, he loves the podcast and will ask Google to play it. He now wants to participate in the recording. We took the opportunity to let our listeners hear how Bryce tries so hard to have conversations. He mimic. He will bring up a topic to others with no introduction, so they are confused - but he TRIES so hard! We also asked him some random questions to see if he could answer them correctly. He actually did really well but quickly cut out - and now he has told me to stop asking questions this past week because he did NOT like me asking him questions that were not pre-programmed for easy answers. We talk about Bryce's progress with language, comprehension, and how we can help him develop more in these areas. We also share a some recent highlights, including a fun-filled trip to the MOSI Science Museum in Tampa, FL.   

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

Support the show

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

In this episode, we answer five thought-provoking questions recently asked of us by a journalist. We also share a couple of SMILESTONES that occurred this past week and have a little "conversation" with Bryce. 

NOTE: I mixed up "sympathy" and "empathy" in the podcast, but you'll know what I mean. ☺ Some people can be sympathetic and feel sorry about your situation while others can be empathetic because they can relate from personal experience. We are grateful for those who can encourage us with empathy.

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

Support the show

Bryce is a funny, mechanical, HAPPY little guy who was diagnosed with autism at age two and is now six years old. His pure joy makes this world a much better place! 

In this episode, we share about the peace we are experiencing after four years on this journey. We weren't sure we would ever experience it again after the diagnosis but kept hope alive. We also talk about current events at the Colter Hotel with Bryce who always keep us on our toes and continues to help us learn more about how his autism brain works.  

If you are enjoying the show, please take a quick moment to give us a rating and review to help other families find our podcast, too. We are humbled and honored to follow our calling and be Autism Ambassadors while helping others understand our world a little more than they did before listening to the podcast. We also feel called to bring light to a community that has experienced dark days after the "diagnosis". (Luke 1:79) 

You can follow us on our Facebook and Instagram pages, Parenting Autism, to see stories, pictures, and videos of our autism journey. www.ParentingAutismShow.com
You can also contact us through Facebook, Instagram, or our email: [email protected].

We are also linking our podcast to our photography website to help create more awareness. www.artigraphsphotography.com

Support the show