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This episode dives into the specific needs of AuDHD-ers – that’s kids who are Autistic and have ADHD - tying in executive functioning, socia...
"Because therapy should feel like a collaboration and becoming, not a rehearsal and being less yourself in order to survive." - Chenai Mupot...
Dr. Devon Price’s work sits at the intersection of trauma-informed care and Autistic unmasking. In this interview, he walks us through five...
Learning from Chenai Mupotsa-Russell will absolutely transform you. Chenai doesn't just teach us how we can use art of every kind to support...
Ableism is ingrained into our society, and many of us wonder what we can do about it. Occupational therapist Sara Zielinski decided that a h...
When your Autistic clients have trouble identifying the emotions inside of their bodies, emotion-based regulation systems aren't always help...
We all know that the plans and goals that we write deeply impact what our students and clients get access to learning. Joyner Emerick – a pa...
This conversation with Autistic OT Sorcha Rice covers regulation for Autistic PDAers from absolutely every angle. The theme Sorcha kept brin...
Have you ever thought about what it would look like to put respect for the Autistic children who are your clients – respect for them as full...
This isn't one of our normal podcast release days, and it isn't one of our typical topics, but this conversation is just too good not to sha...
So many of us feel unsure how to best support Autistic kids who have aggressive behaviors. But often, what we are missing in the most founda...
SLP Christina Schmidt strives to work in a way that centers a client's regulation, their identity, and their dignity. If that resonates with...
All behavior makes sense, we just have to make sense of it. In this conversation, psychologist Dr. Gillian Boudreau helps us see that underl...
Episode 67 was one of our most impactful episodes ever, and today we invite you to re-listen. Often as OTs and SLPs we skip right to teachin...
If you’re anything like me, you learned how masking can harm the mental health of your Autistic clients….and then you never learned anything...
This bonus episode is just for the parents you support, and it is all about meltdowns. A meltdown is a full body response to feeling overwhe...
We are back with a bright, glittery, colorful, and inclusive dose of hope for your professional practices. Our guest Emily Zimmer is one of...
In a complicated time when so many of us are feeling disempowered, this interview is a guiding light. Nessa Hill from Neurodiversity Ireland...
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This episode dives deep into some of the more foundational questions around being Autistic and neurodiversity, tying this into the larger sy...
In this episode, we talk about why and how part-time AAC use can support authentic participation for many autistic people. We also explore D...
In this episode with autistic AAC user Tiffany Joseph (they/them, she/her), we cover functioning labels, AAC access, how race intersects wit...
In this episode (a repeat of one of our earliest episodes, episode 4), Dr. Kristie Patten takes us to the foundations of what it means to be...
In this episode (a repeat of episode 44) we dive into interoception, our ability to understand the messages we are getting from inside our b...
How can we center the needs of our Black Autistic clients? And how can we create spaces that allow for joyful, authentic participation for a...
Many of us have never seen strengths-based, neurodiversity affirming goal writing in practice. In this episode, Autistic SLP Rachel Dorsey w...
Ido Kedar is a non-speaking AAC user who chronicles his experience in therapies both before and after he learned to type to communicate. In...
What is “neurosupremacy” and “neuronormativity,” and how does this differ from the idea of “neruotypicality”? What does peer counseling offe...
Our practice frameworks are supposed to guide our work…but what happens when their authors of our practice framework haven’t analyzed their...
We talk a lot about neurodiversity-affirming practice…but what does this look like for physical therapists? Should their work be guided by d...
When this episode first aired, it was just directed at OT practitioners. But it’s simply too full of insight to not share again with our bro...
As professionals, we are always working towards something with our Autistic clients. But are we working on the things that will truly help t...
We all know by now that feeling safe is foundational for learning, healing, and growing. But what does it look like to cultivate safety for...
Happy New Year! We're giving away a FREE 1.5 hour continuing education course by Autistic psychologist Matt Lowry to every professional who...
In this conversation, Karina Saechao helps us understand what it looks like now for multiply marginalized kids to try and access and use AAC...
So many therapists are grappling with how to reconcile our feeding therapy training with what we are learning from Autistic adults. On the p...
At Learn Play Thrive, we are recognizing Native American Heritage month with an episode that centers how we can support the well-being of ou...
Most of us who are trying to work in a way that is aligned with our values have so many moments of doubt. Are we actually doing a “skilled i...
On the podcast we often hear from Autistic mothers diagnosed after their kids. But today, Tiffany Hammond (@fidgets.and.fries) tells us a di...
In this episode, Autistic psychology practitioner Matt Lowry helps us dive into what a strengths-based diagnostics process looks like for au...
In today’s episode, Autistic OT Kim Clairy talks about sensory differences, Autistic catatonia, and interdependence in a way that should be...
Pull up a chair for this conversation! We are going to talk about how intersectionality is like Rubik’s cube, what Plato’s Allegory of the C...
In this episode we explore the role of therapists in promoting positive sexual identity and reducing the risk of sexual assault for our clie...
If you work with kids, here’s the thing: Autistic kids become Autistic adolescents, who may become interested in sex and dating. And if we d...
In this episode, Autistic researcher Dr. Mel Heyworth guides us in completely rethinking the pathologized model of autism. We talk about how...
We know by now that Autistic adults are the real experts on how Autistic people experience the world. In this episode, Autistic SLPs Rachel...
What can those of us working in behaviorally oriented spaces do to try and protect the well-being of our Autistic clients? What impact does...
In this episode we talk about the experience of trans and gender non-conforming Autistic people and their voices. Our guest, SLP Ruchi Kapil...
In this episode, Reyma McCoy Hyten helps us explore the root causes of oppression for Autistic people, and sit with the discomfort of examin...
In this episode, our guest, Dr. Devon Price, helps us explore the concepts of masking and authenticity and how we, as professionals supporti...