Taking Authority Over Autism

Taking Authority Over Autism

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Taking Authority Over Autism episodes

  • "Mommy's going to work..."
    Now that Sheletta's youngest son Daniel is finally talking after being non-verbal for years, he's being a little rascal. Instead of being sad when she goes off to work these days, he's singing and dancing around the house.
    7 min
  • Training tiny allies...
    Sheletta joined a coalition of Black children's authors in Minnesota to hand out free copies of her children's book to white children visiting the site where George Floyd was murdered to offer diverse reading options and try to erase injustice through literature.
    6 min
  • Daniel's book already a best seller!
    Hours after Sheletta's new children's book about her son Daniel was featured on CBS This Morning with Gayle King, it became a best seller on Amazon.com.  She talks about how God's goodness and grace made it happen in this emotional episode of her Taking Authority Over Autism podcast...
    12 min
  • Things can and will get better
    Sheletta believes her appearance on a new cooking show called Family Dinner streaming on Discovery Plus will inspire and offer hope to other parents of special needs children.
    9 min
  • Second verse, same as the first...
    When Texas' governor lifted the mask mandate, Sheletta decided to cancel the book giveaways she'd planned for April at the elementary school she attended in Houston. This scenario is eerily similar to what happened when she released her first book last year when COVID-19 came on the scene and shut down all her promotional events...
    11 min
  • Daniel's book will have you dancin'...
    Sheletta is excited that her second children's picture book will be out in April for Autism Awareness Month. Daniel Finds His Voice will help teachers and therapists rethink how they reach some children who are on the spectrum...
    9 min
  • Kids with autism are naughty, too...
    When Sheletta tried to go into her home studio and record a quick live radio interview, her kids, who had been quiet for at least an hour, decided to turn things up a notch to make sure and provide the loudest distraction possible.
    5 min
  • Helping like Holly...
    On the one year anniversary of her autism podcast, Sheletta Brundidge talks about her mission to help other parents of kids who have special needs like Holly Robinson Peete helped her when three of her four children were diagnosed on the spectrum...
    10 min
  • Music matters...
    When Sheletta heard the story of how the inaugural poet Amanda Gorman used music to help her with a speech impediment, it reminded her of her son Daniel who learned to talk by singing Lil Nas X's Old Town Road. She reminds parents that music matters and may be a way to help your special needs child learn to talk...
    8 min

About Taking Authority Over Autism

From the publisher's feed

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…