Parenting Autism
By Chris and Sandy Colter
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Episodes: 150
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Your hosts are Chris and Sandy Colter, the parents of Bryce, who share their autism journey with stories about their nine year old son who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at age two. The podcast is designed to connect with families who have been touched by autism and people who want to learn more about their world. You'll learn all about how they deal with day to day challenges and how you might apply it to your own life. It also sheds light on the "Mommy and Daddy" perspectives of parenting on the autism spectrum. Find their podcast on all of the popular platforms including Spotify, Apple iTunes, Google, Audible, Castbox, and Podbean. Also, follow their Facebook and Instagram pages. Their website (www.parentingautismshow.com) includes helpful resources on a variety of topics.
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E149: Bryce's Scoliosis Diagnosis
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May 25, 2026 |
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E148: Bryce's Aviation Experiences and Personal Growth
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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E147: Parenting Tools and Bryce's Recent Adventures
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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E 146: Bryce's Recent Social Interaction Lessons
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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E 145: What Caused My Child's Autism? Did I Cause This?
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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E 144: How Do I know If My Child Has Autism?
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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E 143: How Bryce Handled the Funeral and Loss of his Papaw
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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E142: Our Experience with Luecovorin + Bryce Celebrates "12" at Epic's Super Mario World
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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E141: Top Four Recommended "AI" Autism Homeschool Curriculums Plus Supplemental Courses
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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E140: Slow and Steady Wins the Race!
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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E139: Bryce 's Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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E138: Bryce Shares Insight About his Panic Attacks and Food Anxiety
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May 19, 2025 |
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E137: Bryce Shares Highlights including His Ambulance Emergency in Boston
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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E136: Bryce's Transitions as We Change Roles
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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E135: Insight How We are Parenting Autism While Fighting Cancer
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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E134: A New Year Update: Sandy's Health and How Bryce is Doing
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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E133: The One with Sandy's Cancer - A New Path of on our Journey
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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E132: Learning More About Bryce's Therapies to Create the Most Effective Plans
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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E131: Q&A About our Homeschooling with Bryce
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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E130: Could Less Routine Have Led to Regression?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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E129: How We Are Helping Bryce Navigate Through Friendships
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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E128: God's Plan A for our families + How We Planned Vacation for Bryce
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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E127: Bryce's "Language Level" + How Do We Teach Those Who Think Differently About Jesus?
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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E126: Bryce and Michael Take Over the Podcast with Their Own Interview!
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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E125: Special Needs Trusts, 529a ABLE Accounts, Medwaiver, + More
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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E124: Chat with Chris: Primary Caregiver, Chief Researcher, and Lead Educator
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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E123: It's Never Easy Making Significant Changes for Bryce's Care
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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E122: Ways We are Strengthening our Marriage
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May 27, 2024 |
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E121: Why Is Bryce Still in Speech and Occupational Therapies After Eight (8) Years?
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May 21, 2024 |
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E120: Ways to Manage Stress + Misophonia
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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E119: The Power of Words with Our Children AND Reviews
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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E118: Conversation with Bryce, Book Reviews, + New Reading Program
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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E117: EEG, BALLOONS, and ABA UPDATES
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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E116: SPEECH, SOCIAL, AND LIFE UPDATES
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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E115: Happy New Year! 8 Keys to Successful Parenting
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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E114: 13 Questions Answered by an Autistic 13 Year Old
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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E113: How Do We Help Bryce Improve His Social Interactions?
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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E112: Happy News: BOOK LAUNCH + Heartfelt News: Bryce's Reading Challenges
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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E111: Our Seaworld Orlando Experience + Special Olympics Gymnastics Competition
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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E110: The Foreward from our Book + A Boomerang Behavior
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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E109: New Anxiety Developments + A Good "Autism Doctor" Report for Bryce
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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E108: Benefits of ABA Parent Training + Two New Reading Apps that are Helping Bryce!!
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Bryce's Request - A Short, Candid Conversation About His Interests
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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E107: The Challenges of our Crazy, Busy Schedule + Bryce Shares his Vacation Highlights
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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E106: Our Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber (HOBT) Experience + ADD Regression
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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E105: Bryce's Psych-Eval Results + New Diagnosis + Several Major Changes
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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E104: VACATION PART TWO: Taking Bryce Out of our Bubble and into the Real World
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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E103: VACATION PART ONE: Taking Bryce Out of our Bubble and into the Real World
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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E102: Bryce's first set of Neuro-Psych Evaluations + Teaching Life Skills
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May 07, 2023 |
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E101: Reviews of Books + Workshop and Bryce's Hyperacucis Appointment
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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E100: Celebrating our 100th Episode with Mamaw - A Grandparent's Perspective
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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E99: March's Highlights including Visit with a Neuropsychologist to Provide Guidance
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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E98: Special Olympics GOLD Medal, Medical Grants, and County Fair Surprises
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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E 97: Bryce's New Diagnosis - Auditory Processing Disorder
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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E96: Bryce's Vision and Audio Testing Appointments
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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E95: Bryce's First Cavity Filling and Tooth Extraction at the Dentist
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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E94: New Year! New TACA Conference Information + New Leads to Help Bryce
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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E93: Call or Text Us! + Increased Sensitivity to Loud Sounds + Christmas Activities
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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E92: Bryce's Follow Up MAPS Dr. Visit, the Hyperbaric Chamber, and Special Olympics
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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E91: Listening to Bryce Speak about His Top Three Worries
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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E90: Bryce Celebrates "NINE" + First Helicopter Flight
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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E89: Our Visit with Bryce's New Autism / MAPS / Functional Medicine Doctor
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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E88: Our Amazing "Deliver the Dream" Autism Family Retreat
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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E87: Helping Bryce with Developing Friendships
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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E86: How We Respond to People Who do not Understand our Autism World
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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E85: Working through Anxiety Behaviors and Delayed Language/Comprehension
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May 28, 2022 |
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E84: A Season of Change (MAPS Doctor, RBT, Supplements, Equine Therapy)
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May 01, 2022 |
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E83: ABA Changes (Again) ... New RBT and New Plan
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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E82: Bryce's Most Recent Brain MRI Images + A Heartfelt Discussion about Healing
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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E81: Bryce's Brain MRI Experience + Young Eagles Aviation Program
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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E80: EEG Results Discussed + Tip for Brushing Teeth
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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E79: Our Sad and Shocking News: Bryce is Having Seizures Again
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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E78: Breakthroughs into Bryce's Thought Process with Him Answering "WHY" Questions!
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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E77: Regression, Progress, Increased Vocabulary, New Doctors & Treatments
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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E76: Making Decisions: Tug of War with the Head and the Heart
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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E75: Our New Season: Age Eight (8) and MANY Updates
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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E74: Our First Visit to an Autism Doctor
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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E73: Bryce's BIG Breakthrough: The Benefits of Being Upside Down!!
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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E72: Occupational Therapy: Proprioception (Muscle) and Vestibular (Movement) Senses
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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E71: Diet-Behavior Updates, "The Chosen", a BIG Church Milestone, and More
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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E70: Improvements with our Allergen-Free Diet, Plus a look into Nightshades
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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E69: Our New Diet Transition, Bryce's Behaviors, and Cub Scout Decisions
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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E68: Revisiting Diet and a Bio-Medical Approach to Help Bryce's SIB
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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E67: We Got COVID!
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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E66: ABA Targets, Typing Class, Social Game, and Bryce's Singing
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May 16, 2021 |
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E65: Starting 2nd Grade, Struggles with Writing, and Teaching Bryce about Money
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May 08, 2021 |
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E64: The Importance of Listening to your Gut Instincts, Air Show, and a New Resource
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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E63: Losing a Tooth, Fire Safety, Swimming, and More Recent Adventures
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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E62: Hair Cuts, Bath Time, Art Therapy, and Home-Church
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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E61: Figuring Out the Best Way to Teach Bryce about the Bible
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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E60: Updates: Dentist, Autism Behaviors, and Podcast Difficulties
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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E59: Learning to be Bryce's ABA Facilitators
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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E58: Probiotic Success + Teaching to Read Social Cues + Giveaway
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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E57: Bryce's New ABA Plan + Florida CARD Conference
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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E56: The Importance of Celebrating Accomplishments
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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E55: It Stinks to Feel "Parent Fail"
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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E54: An Inside Perspective of Autism with Bryce's Cousin
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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E53: A Season of Reason
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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E52: How We Get the Best Results from Therapies
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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E51: New Strategies with Bryce: Behaviors, Birthday Party, + ABA
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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E50: Family Vacation - Taking Bryce into the "Real World"
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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E49: Our Decision to Pause ABA Therapy
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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E48: First Dentist Visit, Cub Scouts, and Recurring Behaviors
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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E47: Addressing Listener Questions about our Experiences with Bryce
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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E46: Kindergarten Homeschool - All About Our First Year
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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E45: Working Through Fears AND Interview with Bryce's 8 year old friend
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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E44: How We are Dealing with Repetitive Questions
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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E43: Surprising Similarities Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and our Autism Journey
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May 20, 2020 |
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E42: How Bryce is Benefiting from Music Therapy
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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E41: Rediscovering Ways to De-Stress
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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E40: How We are Staying Calm During the Coronavirus Storm
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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E39: Q&A Supplements, Neurotypical Relationships, Homeschool, "The Good Doctor", & Bryce's ASD Level
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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E38: More ABA Insight, Comprehending Emotions, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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E37: Our ABA Experience and Lessons
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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E36: "Finding the Right Source of Education" with guest Kristine Erice-Saxton
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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E35: We Have Language - Will We Have Conversations?
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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E34: Our Answers to Five Thought-Provoking Parenting Questions
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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E33: 4 Years Later: A Peaceful Place is Possible
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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E32: Bryce's 2019 Accomplishments + 2020 Goals
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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E31: A Special Christmas Edition Interview with Bryce
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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E30: Genetics, Therapies, Supplements, Diets: The Never-Ending Search for Answers
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Dec 15, 2019 |
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E29: Balancing Life with Gratitude: New Behaviors, Therapy Updates, and Helpful Resources
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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E28: Keeping our Marriage Strong on this Autism Journey
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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E27: Navigating through Grief on this Autism Journey
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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E26: Homeschool: The Unexpected Blessing
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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E25: Thinking Outside the Box to Help Bryce
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Sep 14, 2019 |
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E24: Our Experience with the Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free (GFDF) Diet
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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E23: Bryce's Emerging Anxiety and Behaviors
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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EP 22: FAQ Answered about Vaccinations, Autism Testing, Stress-Relief, and Bryce's Future
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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EP 21: How Our Faith has Helped Us with Autism
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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E20: Diving Deeper into Bryce's Autism Social Deficits
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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E19: Five Symptoms of Autism and How They Relate to Bryce
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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E18: How Do You React When Another Child is Being Mean to your Child?
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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E17: Budget Friendly Summer Fun Ideas (Daddy's Summer Camp)
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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E16: ASD Travel Tips for Disney World's Magic Kingdom
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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E15: Our Top 5 ASD Parenting Challenges
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May 29, 2019 |
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E14: Mother's Day Special Edition: Chris Interviews Sandy
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May 14, 2019 |
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E13: Traveling tips: TSA screening assistance + Railroad experiences in the Heartland
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May 07, 2019 |
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E12: Bryce's Behaviors: Understanding Comes Before Change
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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E11: The Challenge of Teaching Bryce Personal Space
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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E10: Dealing with Depression while Parenting Autism
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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E9: IEP Meeting (Part II) + TACA Conference + Atlanta Adventures
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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E8: IEP Meeting (Part I) + Bryce's Construction Site Adventure
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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E7: Tips for VIsiting the County Fair + Bryce sings his Grandparents Songs! ☺
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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E6: ADHD Diagnosis, Marriage Tips, and More Parenting Autism Insight
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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E5: 2019 Goals: Gaining Independence and Reading More to Develop Language
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Feb 10, 2019 |
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E4: How We Create Christmas Joy Not Holiday Stress
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Dec 15, 2018 |
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E3: Bryce's Cute and Quirky Behaviors - Laughter instead of Tears
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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E2: Building Bryce's Team
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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E1: The ASD Diagnosis
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Nov 17, 2018 |