Episodes

  • Moving forward

    Moving forward
    Mar 22 2019
    Most of the time in our lives, we can get comfortable and very settled in what we do. What would happens when a new opportunity or situation presents itself or you are in routine and now you are not. Then what? When my son with autism wanted his own place, I had to face the letting go and change of routine. When I was a Flight Attendant, my mother-in-law was sick and I left my job to take full time care of her. Life has a way of moving you forward into the next unexpected. How do you embrace the change?
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    56 mins
  • The Beauty of God, in your scars

    The Beauty of God, in your scars
    Mar 15 2019
    It is not easy at times to embrace your circumstances, but when you are in the healing process and come out victorious and share your stories with others,Wow! That is powerful and it shows the movement of God i our lives. This is why I share the stories about my life, and the life with my son who has autism. Listen in on this powerful story of Norma and how God is healing her scars.
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    54 mins
  • The Relationship between siblings: Autism

    The Relationship between siblings: Autism
    Mar 8 2019
    Mrs. Mattie Daniels-MCNeal is a returning guest to discuss the relationship between the siblings with one of them having autism. Autism brings in another dynamic between the siblings relationship and at times the parents my have to intervene to give a clear understanding on what is going on or can a parent put undo burden upon another child to get assistance with the child who have autism? Join the discussion.
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    57 mins
  • Traveling through the Unknown

    Traveling through the Unknown
    Mar 1 2019
    Autism is a complicated disorder that you can't pin down to just one thing for all the children that is on the Spectrum. Karen Dana will share how she travel through the unknown of autism and reveal her findings fro her research in what she discovered as she continue to help her daughter with the disorder. What other factors could be a cause and effect of autism?
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    56 mins
  • Rising above an unexpected pain

    Rising above an unexpected pain
    Feb 22 2019
    RaNae Envy will share her story from pain to triumph. At the age of 8 years old the unthinkable happened in RaNae life. The phone rang in the middle of the night, first her father answered and yelled, then her mother was crying uncontrollably. Her grandfather, her mother's dad, had committed suicide by gunshot. Her mother, after that fell into deep depression and later also took her life by suicide. How many of us, die while we are still living? How many give up their dreams? How many just let life run them rather than them run their life. These are the question that RaNae asked herself. Tune in and listen to how she over came this unexpected challenge and began to embrace her life.
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    54 mins
  • Working through unexpected pain

    Working through unexpected pain
    Feb 15 2019
    We may at times put Pastor's on a pedestal and not recognize some of the challenges they maybe going through. Rev. Hunt and Rev. Ron will talk about the unexpected pain of love ones and how they manage to keep in the faith, manage their feelings, and help their love ones through the journey.
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    54 mins
  • perspective from a Special Education Intervention Associate

    perspective from a Special Education Intervention Associate
    Feb 8 2019
    In this episode we will look at the special education classroom through the eye's of an Assistance to the Teacher in the classroom. What do an Assistance see? What do the Assistant see as the most important need of the children and how can the system better service the children and the parents? An Assistance work closely with both children, parents and also the Teacher. Join in the conversation. Share your thoughts and experience.
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    54 mins
  • The Challenges of the Public School System

    The Challenges of the Public School System
    Feb 1 2019
    I will go deeper in Living With Autism, sharing the obstacles and challenging situations as my autistic son began to journey through the Public Educational System. The most difficult and rewarding times was trying to navigate through a system that was not prepared to educate a child with autism. To all the pioneer parents who sent there autistic children to a Public School System before my son attended, I say Thank You, because of your courage, I was able to go through the door and continuing in the push forward until the needs of our children are met as well as understood.
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    54 mins