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Our hosts Shannon and Nancy discuss autism news about early language loss, a judge ruling if a transplant is in the best interest of an autistic teen, if autism and intellect are connected and the CDC tweaking the developmental milestones. After that, Shannon and Nancy are joined with Andrew Arboe to discuss his journey and inspiration for starting Driving with Autism. Before the show ends, Shannon and Nancy interview Madelynn Dabbs for this week's Autism Family Portrait segment! Madelynn's Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-YNEXisEqcJRbrPymrf9piyiA_ftEAs72_0-W2fACqa0lhA/viewform?usp=sf_link Driving with Autism https://autismdriving.com 4:25 Autism News: Early Language Loss in Autistic Children Not Tied to Later Communication Problems 7:55 Autism News: Judge to Rule If Transplant Is In 'Best Interests' Of Autistic Teen, 17, Suffering With Kidney Disease After His Mother Called For Operation Despite Advice From Doctors 12:55 Autism News: Autism Intelligence: Is ASD Connected To Intellect? 14:52 Autism News: Concerns, Misinfo Swirl Online After CDC Tweaks Developmental Milestones 16:45 The Founder of Driving with Autism - Andrew Arboe 17:58 What is Driving with Autism? 19:55 What are the signs that someone is ready to work on driving? 23:28 About Andrew's journey 28:00 Is Independence One of the Main Reasons Why You Advocate for People on the Spectrum to Be Driving? 29:30 What success stories can you share with us? 32:20 How can people sign up or get more information? 33:42 How Much Does The Class Cost? 34:43 Autism Family Portrait - Madelynn Dabbs 35:56 Tell us about your research project and how our viewers can help? 37:55 What do you hope will come out of your research? 39:50 What support do you wish you had had? 41:42 What do you wish people knew about being a sibling to someone on the spectrum? 45:00 What are your plans after you graduate Madelynn? 47:42 Tell us again where people need to go to participate in the survey. 51:30 Shannon and Nancy Talk TV & Movies 59:43 Coming Up on Autism Live

Our hosts Shannon and Nancy discuss autism news about early language loss, a judge ruling if a transplant is in the best interest of an autistic teen, if autism and intellect are connected and the CDC tweaking the developmental milestones. After that, Shannon and Nancy are joined with Andrew Arboe to discuss his journey and inspiration for starting Driving with Autism. Before the show ends, Shannon and Nancy interview Madelynn Dabbs for this week's Autism Family Portrait segment! Madelynn's Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-YNEXisEqcJRbrPymrf9piyiA_ftEAs72_0-W2fACqa0lhA/viewform?usp=sf_link Driving with Autism https://autismdriving.com 4:25 Autism News: Early Language Loss in Autistic Children Not Tied to Later Communication Problems 7:55 Autism News: Judge to Rule If Transplant Is In 'Best Interests' Of Autistic Teen, 17, Suffering With Kidney Disease After His Mother Called For Operation Despite Advice From Doctors 12:55 Autism News: Autism Intelligence: Is ASD Connected To Intellect? 14:52 Autism News: Concerns, Misinfo Swirl Online After CDC Tweaks Developmental Milestones 16:45 The Founder of Driving with Autism - Andrew Arboe 17:58 What is Driving with Autism? 19:55 What are the signs that someone is ready to work on driving? 23:28 About Andrew's journey 28:00 Is Independence One of the Main Reasons Why You Advocate for People on the Spectrum to Be Driving? 29:30 What success stories can you share with us? 32:20 How can people sign up or get more information? 33:42 How Much Does The Class Cost? 34:43 Autism Family Portrait - Madelynn Dabbs 35:56 Tell us about your research project and how our viewers can help? 37:55 What do you hope will come out of your research? 39:50 What support do you wish you had had? 41:42 What do you wish people knew about being a sibling to someone on the spectrum? 45:00 What are your plans after you graduate Madelynn? 47:42 Tell us again where people need to go to participate in the survey. 51:30 Shannon and Nancy Talk TV & Movies 59:43 Coming Up on Autism Live

It's time for another episode of Autism Live! In this episode, our host Shannon Penrod covers manifest determination hearing for the autism jargon of the day before being joined by one of her favorite people in the world! An Autism therapist named Peter Farag! Find out why he is one of Shannon's favorite people by tuning in! "Reasons to Become an Autism Therapist" - Peter Farag 10:39 Autism Jargon of the Day - Manifest Determination Hearing 11:51 Manifest Determination Hearing - Actual Definition 12:58 Manifest Determination Hearing - Working Definition 20:15 - Question of the Day: What gives you great joy? 22:34 - Topic of the Week: Scheduling Breaks 28:39 - Behavioral Therapist, Peter Farag Joins Us 30:04 Why did you freeze when sword fighting with our son? 36:33 How did you end up in this field? 41:05 (Live Viewer Question) I have an amazing therapist. Love her to bits. But my twins (2.5yrs), cry every time she comes but once they start the session - they are fine. 44:03 Live Viewer Comments 45:28 (Live Viewer Question) ​Do you feel that children can relate and work better based on Gender of the therapist? 55:31 Live Viewer Comments 1:05:00 This week on Autism Live

It's time for another episode of Autism Live! In this episode, our host Shannon Penrod covers manifest determination hearing for the autism jargon of the day before being joined by one of her favorite people in the world! An Autism therapist named Peter Farag! Find out why he is one of Shannon's favorite people by tuning in! "Reasons to Become an Autism Therapist" - Peter Farag 10:39 Autism Jargon of the Day - Manifest Determination Hearing 11:51 Manifest Determination Hearing - Actual Definition 12:58 Manifest Determination Hearing - Working Definition 20:15 - Question of the Day: What gives you great joy? 22:34 - Topic of the Week: Scheduling Breaks 28:39 - Behavioral Therapist, Peter Farag Joins Us 30:04 Why did you freeze when sword fighting with our son? 36:33 How did you end up in this field? 41:05 (Live Viewer Question) I have an amazing therapist. Love her to bits. But my twins (2.5yrs), cry every time she comes but once they start the session - they are fine. 44:03 Live Viewer Comments 45:28 (Live Viewer Question) ​Do you feel that children can relate and work better based on Gender of the therapist? 55:31 Live Viewer Comments 1:05:00 This week on Autism Live

In this episode of Ask Dr. Doreen, our hosts Shannon Penrod and Autism Expert and pioneer in the field of Autism, Psychologist and BCBA, Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh answer viewer questions! You can also Check us out Later wherever you get your podcast! 5:04 Autism & Dealing with Neighbors For some context, I live in a basement apartment with my husband and our dog who as well as being a service animal, loves kids and is very mild-mannered. We have been having issues with our upstairs neighbors since November in regards to loud stomping, furniture being slammed, and loud screaming. I have been up to talk to them about it several times and last night I reached my breaking point. I went upstairs to ask them to please stop stomping as my husband works early mornings and was trying to sleep for work. When she opened the door I could see that the small two-bedroom apartment had no less than six adults and four kids inside of it. I calmly asked them to stop the stomping and since this is the third time I have had to ask in the last four months, the next time it got this bad I would be lodging a complaint with the property management company. My neighbor had a friend over who has a 3-year-old who is on the spectrum and was the one stomping the hardest and causing the most amount of noise. Her friend gets a sour look on her face and started chirping at me from across the room. Friend: You live in a basement apartment and he has autism, what the hell do you expect me to do there is going to be some noise. Me: Ok, I get that I live in the basement but stomping until picture frames fall off my walls is a different story. please help me 20:08 What Happens to My Child After I Die? Support for adult autistic patient who is stable, living with parent at home. He ia motivated to go to his work on MWF by bus, gets up, dresses, eats breakfast, gets bus by himself. Does household chores and hits all expectations in a timely manner. Socializes well with adults and enjoys cultural activities. Problem: what happens when parent passes? How can we make plans for him (now 59 yoa) in the case of losing his single parent (79 yoa). What preparations can be made? How can he be prepared for the loss of his dad? He does not want to live by himself. So. What can we do to prepare him for another situation? 37:58 Hello Shannon, Dr. Doreen! Thank you for always trying to help us! My son is 4+ non verbal, regressed around 20 months and attends ABA at CARD San Antonio. From your previous advice about getting a stool test done to check if there is a yeast overgrowth to rule out yeast as the reason for my son's no-reason laughing spells. We got a comprehensive stool study ordered by a functional med Dr and there was no yeast issues in the results. But some issues with mal-absorption for which a specific strain of probiotics (L Reuteri) with vit D has been prescribed. After a week of using them, he has diarrhea, earlier he had hard stools. should we hold on to the probiotics or continue even with the diarrhea? PS. he is still on the GFCFSF , reduced sugars diet 41:14 Hi I want to ask Dr. Grandpeesheh about my son qho was diagnosed with autism at 31 months. We live in South Africa. My son never responded to his name, he would spin himself around, he lined up toys and would play with them in strange ways. My son would be distracted by the smallest sounds and would hate weird textures on his hands. He would also hate to be hugged and only had 2 words by the age of 3. My son just turned 5 and now I'm starting to question his diagnosis. He has been in aba therapy, speech and OT for 2 years. Now at 5 he loves going to the playground and playing with other kids. My son always manages to find a friend. His speech is still delayed but I can have a conversation with him and I feel he will soon catch up to his peers. My son has never had a meltdown. He loves playing with dough an sand now. Doesn't seem to have sensitivity to sounds anymore and loves hugging his mom and I. He is completely different now. I just don't understand it. He is in mainstream and his teachers say he is a pleasure to have in class and he is super confident when answering questions. Do you feel he might have been misdiagnosed? 49:49 What do goals look like for older kids? We stopped at 9 because I felt like I had a handle on it.

In this episode of Ask Dr. Doreen, our hosts Shannon Penrod and Autism Expert and pioneer in the field of Autism, Psychologist and BCBA, Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh answer viewer questions! You can also Check us out Later wherever you get your podcast! 5:04 Autism & Dealing with Neighbors For some context, I live in a basement apartment with my husband and our dog who as well as being a service animal, loves kids and is very mild-mannered. We have been having issues with our upstairs neighbors since November in regards to loud stomping, furniture being slammed, and loud screaming. I have been up to talk to them about it several times and last night I reached my breaking point. I went upstairs to ask them to please stop stomping as my husband works early mornings and was trying to sleep for work. When she opened the door I could see that the small two-bedroom apartment had no less than six adults and four kids inside of it. I calmly asked them to stop the stomping and since this is the third time I have had to ask in the last four months, the next time it got this bad I would be lodging a complaint with the property management company. My neighbor had a friend over who has a 3-year-old who is on the spectrum and was the one stomping the hardest and causing the most amount of noise. Her friend gets a sour look on her face and started chirping at me from across the room. Friend: You live in a basement apartment and he has autism, what the hell do you expect me to do there is going to be some noise. Me: Ok, I get that I live in the basement but stomping until picture frames fall off my walls is a different story. please help me 20:08 What Happens to My Child After I Die? Support for adult autistic patient who is stable, living with parent at home. He ia motivated to go to his work on MWF by bus, gets up, dresses, eats breakfast, gets bus by himself. Does household chores and hits all expectations in a timely manner. Socializes well with adults and enjoys cultural activities. Problem: what happens when parent passes? How can we make plans for him (now 59 yoa) in the case of losing his single parent (79 yoa). What preparations can be made? How can he be prepared for the loss of his dad? He does not want to live by himself. So. What can we do to prepare him for another situation? 37:58 Hello Shannon, Dr. Doreen! Thank you for always trying to help us! My son is 4+ non verbal, regressed around 20 months and attends ABA at CARD San Antonio. From your previous advice about getting a stool test done to check if there is a yeast overgrowth to rule out yeast as the reason for my son's no-reason laughing spells. We got a comprehensive stool study ordered by a functional med Dr and there was no yeast issues in the results. But some issues with mal-absorption for which a specific strain of probiotics (L Reuteri) with vit D has been prescribed. After a week of using them, he has diarrhea, earlier he had hard stools. should we hold on to the probiotics or continue even with the diarrhea? PS. he is still on the GFCFSF , reduced sugars diet 41:14 Hi I want to ask Dr. Grandpeesheh about my son qho was diagnosed with autism at 31 months. We live in South Africa. My son never responded to his name, he would spin himself around, he lined up toys and would play with them in strange ways. My son would be distracted by the smallest sounds and would hate weird textures on his hands. He would also hate to be hugged and only had 2 words by the age of 3. My son just turned 5 and now I'm starting to question his diagnosis. He has been in aba therapy, speech and OT for 2 years. Now at 5 he loves going to the playground and playing with other kids. My son always manages to find a friend. His speech is still delayed but I can have a conversation with him and I feel he will soon catch up to his peers. My son has never had a meltdown. He loves playing with dough an sand now. Doesn't seem to have sensitivity to sounds anymore and loves hugging his mom and I. He is completely different now. I just don't understand it. He is in mainstream and his teachers say he is a pleasure to have in class and he is super confident when answering questions. Do you feel he might have been misdiagnosed? 49:49 What do goals look like for older kids? We stopped at 9 because I felt like I had a handle on it.

In this episode of Autism Live, our host Shannon Penrod explains what ABC Data is and at some point is joined by the founders of the Ed Asner Family Center, Matt Asner and Navah Paskowitz-Asner! Tune in and Check it out! https://edasnerfamilycenter.org 1:21 The Founders of the Ed Asner Family Center, Matt Asner and Navah Paskowitz-Asner Join the Live Stream 4:00 SAG Awards 11:30 Matt and Navah's Connection to the Autism Community 13:31 About what the @Ed Asner Family Center Center is and where you can find it. 14:45 About "the Dating Spectrum", the class offered at the Ed Asner Family Center 25:03 Jargon of the day - ABC Data 30:18 ABC Data - Actual Definition 30:43 ABC Data - Working Definition 51:29 Question of the Day - Where would you love to go on vacation? 55:12 Scheduling Breaks 57:34 SAG Awards reactions 1:01:49 On the show this week

In this episode of Autism Live, our host Shannon Penrod explains what ABC Data is and at some point is joined by the founders of the Ed Asner Family Center, Matt Asner and Navah Paskowitz-Asner! Tune in and Check it out! https://edasnerfamilycenter.org In this episode of Autism Live, our host Shannon Penrod explains what ABC Data is and at some point is joined by the founders of the Ed Asner Family Center, Matt Asner and Navah Paskowitz-Asner! Tune in and Check it out! https://edasnerfamilycenter.org 1:21 The Founders of the Ed Asner Family Center, Matt Asner and Navah Paskowitz-Asner Join the Live Stream 4:00 SAG Awards 11:30 Matt and Navah's Connection to the Autism Community 13:31 About what the @Ed Asner Family Center Center is and where you can find it. 14:45 About "the Dating Spectrum", the class offered at the Ed Asner Family Center 25:03 Jargon of the day - ABC Data 30:18 ABC Data - Actual Definition 30:43 ABC Data - Working Definition 51:29 Question of the Day - Where would you love to go on vacation? 55:12 Scheduling Breaks 57:34 SAG Awards reactions 1:01:49 On the show this week

It's time for Let's Talk Autism with Shannon and Nancy! In this episode, our hosts discuss Autism News about a celebrity coming out about their autism diagnosis, the shameful act of a mother in Indiana and autism research done by Washington University before talking with special guest Kirk Herbertson, an autism advocate and photographer and then Kerrie Mallory Thompson for our Autism Family Portrait segment! 3:36 Autism News: 'Bachelor' alum Demi Burnett reveals she's been diagnosed with autism https://pagesix.com/2022/02/20/bachel... 8:22 Autism News: Police: Indiana mom abandons 5-year-old son with autism in Ohio https://wgntv.com/news/police-indiana... 13:11 Autism News: Researchers use a unique approach to help unlock the mystery of autism https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/was... 17:08 Autism Advocate & Photographer - Kirk Herbertson An eloquent self-advocate. He is a volunteer contributor of photos for the The Lincoln Herald, in 2017 he decided to run for the local school board and won. Kirk served 4 years working to help improve education for students in his county. 18:39 You were 37 when you got a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, what led you to get the diagnosis at that age? 20:46 What made you decide to run for the local school board? 21:36 What was it like working on the school board? 22:15 Tell us a little bit about your life, you are a very busy person (musician, clown, plays the organ for church, acts in local theater, etc.) 23:30 You have received a lot of attention for being a noted figure in your community and you were asked to deliver the keynote address for the Autism Society of North Carolina – what do you want parents of individuals on the spectrum to know? https://youtu.be/4p-TOD8CIUc 24:00 What words of advice do you want to share with individuals who also have a diagnosis? 28:55 Autism Family Portrait: Kerrie Mallory-Thompson 33:45 About ThelmaLou Creations 35:10 How did you Autism come to be a part of your family's journey? 38:42 How did "Autism Will Not Define My Son" start? How can people follow? https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q... 40:20 We love to watch Conor cooking, when can we see him doing more cooking shows? 43:22 Talk to us about your son's progress changing from NonVerbal to Verbal. 43:55 What advice to you have for parents who have been told their children won't speak? 48:28 What kinds of interventions have you used? What has helped? 50:50 What advice do you have for single parent who are trying to help their children? 54:48 In Hindsight is there anything that you would have done differently on this journey? 56:14 What has been the hardest? What has been the best? 57:43 Where can people follow you? 1:00:20 Watch CODA!

It's time for Let's Talk Autism with Shannon and Nancy! In this episode, our hosts discuss Autism News about a celebrity coming out about their autism diagnosis, the shameful act of a mother in Indiana and autism research done by Washington University before talking with special guest Kirk Herbertson, an autism advocate and photographer and then Kerrie Mallory Thompson for our Autism Family Portrait segment! 3:36 Autism News: 'Bachelor' alum Demi Burnett reveals she's been diagnosed with autism https://pagesix.com/2022/02/20/bachel... 8:22 Autism News: Police: Indiana mom abandons 5-year-old son with autism in Ohio https://wgntv.com/news/police-indiana... 13:11 Autism News: Researchers use a unique approach to help unlock the mystery of autism https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/was... 17:08 Autism Advocate & Photographer - Kirk Herbertson An eloquent self-advocate. He is a volunteer contributor of photos for the The Lincoln Herald, in 2017 he decided to run for the local school board and won. Kirk served 4 years working to help improve education for students in his county. 18:39 You were 37 when you got a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome, what led you to get the diagnosis at that age? 20:46 What made you decide to run for the local school board? 21:36 What was it like working on the school board? 22:15 Tell us a little bit about your life, you are a very busy person (musician, clown, plays the organ for church, acts in local theater, etc.) 23:30 You have received a lot of attention for being a noted figure in your community and you were asked to deliver the keynote address for the Autism Society of North Carolina – what do you want parents of individuals on the spectrum to know? https://youtu.be/4p-TOD8CIUc 24:00 What words of advice do you want to share with individuals who also have a diagnosis? 28:55 Autism Family Portrait: Kerrie Mallory-Thompson 33:45 About ThelmaLou Creations 35:10 How did you Autism come to be a part of your family's journey? 38:42 How did "Autism Will Not Define My Son" start? How can people follow? https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q... 40:20 We love to watch Conor cooking, when can we see him doing more cooking shows? 43:22 Talk to us about your son's progress changing from NonVerbal to Verbal. 43:55 What advice to you have for parents who have been told their children won't speak? 48:28 What kinds of interventions have you used? What has helped? 50:50 What advice do you have for single parent who are trying to help their children? 54:48 In Hindsight is there anything that you would have done differently on this journey? 56:14 What has been the hardest? What has been the best? 57:43 Where can people follow you? 1:00:20 Watch CODA!