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Episode #43 | Pros and Cons of Full General Education Integration

By isaac-autism-in-the-wild | April 20, 2020

A group of parents joined me to discuss some of their experiences with their special needs child and integration in the general education setting. In this episode we discuss:

The positive experiences and advantages of time spent in the general education setting;
Where parents feel they had more input in the time spent in general education;
Challenges of time spent in general education settings;
Changed perspectives over time…
Other considerations and options for integrating special needs children with their peers.

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Podcast #40 | Media Characters: Do they help or hurt the public’s perception of autism

By isaac-autism-in-the-wild | March 30, 2020

In this episode of ISAAC’s Autism in the Wild Podcast, a group of parents joined me remotely to talk about various television, movie, and theater characters who depict autism and whether they are truly helpful in educating the public about autism spectrum disorders. We also talk about the gaps in portraying those that are more significantly impacted by autism and other disabilities.

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Episode #7 | Sharing the Autism Diagnosis

By isaac-autism-in-the-wild | August 12, 2019

A fantastic group of parents joined me for this emotional podcast on sharing the autism diagnosis. This is one of my favorite episodes as we conversed on a variety of aspects of sharing the autism diagnosis. Here’s some of what you’ll hear this week:

Heartwarming stories of acceptance and understanding when parents have shared their child’s diagnosis.
Why sharing the diagnosis is easier today.
Misunderstandings and unforeseen consequences of not sharing the diagnosis.
Sharing from a dad’s perspective.
Why parents hesitate to share.
When it becomes your child’s choice whether to share this information.
Conversation around the difference between a diagnosis and a label.

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Episode #1 | Dirty Looks in Public

By isaac-autism-in-the-wild | June 28, 2019

If you’re an autism parent, then you know what I’m talking about. Public scenes or outburst happen from time-to-time, and I have a fun group of autism parents join me in episode #1 of ISAAC’s Autism in the Wild to:

Share personal stories, both serious as well as outrageously funny
Experiences at church and during worship
Ways parents made their needs known to people in the community
Some feelings on what parents wish the community would do to help support autism parents during these unfortunate situations.

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