Taking Authority Over Autism

Taking Authority Over Autism

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Taking Authority Over Autism episodes

  • A brother‘s love...
    Sheletta chats with Omar Mohamed about his new book When Stars Were Scattered and how it was inspired by his younger brother who has special needs...
    12 min
  • Safety tips for kids to wander...
    After a two year old girl with autism was found dead in a lake after wandering off from her parents at a park, Sheletta is offering tips to parents about how to keep their special needs children safe.
    11 min
  • My melancholy movie...
    On her CBS Radio show, Sheletta chatted with screenwriter Keith Sharon about his new movie on Prime about the struggles of raising a child with autism. The conversation was so moving she moved the discussion to her podcasting platform. Enjoy...
    23 min
  • Brandon leaves speech therapy behind
    Sheletta's son graduated from speech therapy after meeting or exceeding all his goals shortly after his 9th birthday. Brandon was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old. Sheletta shares the keys to finding success along his journey...
    11 min
  • Autism adaptive clothing
    Sheletta sits down with Washington Post columnist Abha Bhattarai about how retailers are making sensory friendly clothing for kids with special needs for this edition of Taking Authority over Autism podcast...
    14 min
  • It CAN be done...
    Angry about the focus of the negative struggles of parents who have kids with autism during the pandemic in an NPR story without sharing success stories, Sheletta talks about how, like her, many parents pressed through and their children made progress.
    14 min
  • Autistic kids say the darndest things...
    If you think kids say the darndest things, Sheletta's kids, who have autism, take it to the next level, especially when her son Brandon let's all his classmates and his teacher know that she doesn't brush her teeth every morning.
    9 min

About Taking Authority Over Autism

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They call Sheletta Minnesota’s Autism Mom, not just because she has three kids on the spectrum, but because she’s an advocate for parents who have children with special needs. Each week, the…