Creating Opportunities For Teens & Adults With Special Needs & Disabilities

#125 - Parenting Support From the Actually Autistic Community

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Synopsis

Many diagnosed with autism are eager to come alongside parents to offer support and insight on how our children may be processing the world. In this episode we gain unique perspective from an autistic woman who is also a parent with autistic children. This final episode in our challenging behaviors series finds us coming full circle to the first episode which was about the importance of placing more focus on why a behavior happens over what the behavior is. *Note regarding language - The actually autistic community prefer to be called autistic rather than a person with autism* About the Guest Tiffany Joseph is diagnosed is diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and epilepsy. She is mom to three children, the two oldest are diagnosed with autism and ADHD while the youngest has sensory processing disorder and ADHD. She started the Instagram account nigh.functioning.autism because, as a parent to Disabled kids, she felt like there wasn't enough understanding and empathy for parents' fear of being overwhelmed and systemati