Talk Like a Mother: Parenting Autism Podcast

We have had many of our listeners ask us to talk about our different medication journies with our kids.  In this episode, we discuss our individual choices for our kids regarding prescription medication and some of the issues that lead us down the path of seeking additional help. You will hear all sides of the choices and some guilt that can take place after entering this path. We each have a...

We had the pleasure of talking to Hayley George-Ison. She is a spectacular young lady who can teach us how learning about yourself can guide you to find your true passions in life. Her perspective and her view of the world are something we can all learn from.  Hayley is a 25-year-old college student with Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy, she is studying Behavioral Health Sciences. She has been...

Join us as we talk about who we were in high school! What was in style, what was the trends, and find out some truths about the ladies of the table. We cut loose and enjoy ourselves, there are lots of laughs. You can find us at Table for Five, No Reservations | Facebook Table for Five Podcast (@tableforfivenoreservations) • Instagram photos and videos You can also find our personal pages where we...

Listen to these beautiful stories about sending our kids off to school, school choices, and the thoughts we have as we worry about what will happen in the classroom. Thank you to all the lovely storytellers this week.  Jessica Garmon-Ingle is a wife, mom, and writer. She spends her free time traveling as much as possible. swimming with her family. Her blog, The Kid that could, is another pass...

We are talking about our lifelong experience with sending our kids to school. We discussed in our last episode sending our kids off for the first time.  Here we go a bit further to look at the hard choices of putting our kids out into the world. Some of the really hard situations that have come from our experience. We are so grateful for all the teachers and paras that have invested time and...

First, we all agree that Kim's accent adds so much to our podcast.  Join us as we talk about sending our kids off to school for the first time. The emotions of saying goodbye and putting our trust into the hands of others and the challenges that can bring. It is different when dealing with communication struggles, developmental delays, and our mama hearts when letting go of those tiny hands....

Join us as we talk Individualized Educational Plans with two IEP Masters Amanda DeLuca and Kirby Morgan. Check out their Patreon: Mastering Your IEP Amanda DeLuca lives in Ohio with her husband Sal, and is a mom of 2 to Monroe, and Jackson. Her son is on the autism spectrum and is what inspired her to begin her journey through educational advocacy. Amanda proudly serves families both locally and r...

We had the pleasure of chatting with Mia Carella this week. Author of the book " To the Mom Struggling to Hold Her Sh*t Together. " Mia is a writer and stay-at-home mom who lives with her husband, their two children, and their cat, Frankie Heck. She likes reading, running, and napping - not necessarily in that order. Mia is a fierce advocate for her daughter and all children with disabilities...

Join us for part two of our summer Q&A. We touch on things we hold back from talking about in a public space. If a medication episode is in the works for future topics. We answer what the most impactful thing we have learned about ourselves since our children were diagnosed with autism is. Keep the questions coming we love hearing from people who listen to the podcast and would love to answer...

Join us as we answer questions from our listeners. Hear how this podcast has changed our view of this world and our friendship has impacted our lives in the best of ways.  What would you tell your 10-year-old self? Hear our gems of advice we would give ourselves as we have the life experiences to look back on.  We talk about balancing work, services, and our choices for how to modify our...

Happy 4th of July from the Table for Five! We wanted to celebrate the holiday with all of our listeners and give you a little information on how our kids do with the holiday. We hope everyone has a relaxing holiday with their family and if your family struggles with the sounds and lights like some of our kids do we are sending all the love to make it to July 5th.  You can find us on Table for...

We had the pleasure of sitting at the table with Mishka Sebert who is doing some powerful work to highlight the experiences of siblings on the Autism Spectrum.   Mishka Sibert is a Founder of Happy Autism, an advocate for autism and autism siblings, an international speaker, and a Certified Life Coach  registered in the American Union of NLP. Mishka created Happy Autism with her autistic...

We take it back to some of our favorite type of episodes as we check in about our week and give the run down on what has been going on with us. We love to check in and just chat sometimes. We also give you our thoughts on the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial. Did you watch it? What did you think? This episode was recorded prior to the results of the trial. Come laugh with us this week. You can fi...

Join us as we hear stories from Dad’s on this special Father’s Day Storytellers Episode. Jeremy Morgan is the dad behind the blog Beyond Autism - Jayden and Jaxon's Journey written by his wife Kirby Morgan. Jeremy has worn many hats during his career in the Navy and now continues to support Veterans as a loan officer for Veteran’s United. His favorite job he's ever had is being a dad to hi...

We talk about the ways we bring therapy technics into our home with all the resources that are provided to us from outside sources. The items that we have in our home and how we incorporate those things into our daily life and our kid's daily life.  With all of our different ages of kids, the tools and resources change with age but the effort never stops. We modify our focus as they get older...

In this episode, we talk about the modifications we have made to our house to make sure it is a safe and comfortable environment for our autistic kids. We also discuss how sometimes rigidity can determine how things are changed in our house. We have cameras, locks, furniture changes, and other safety precautions because we care so much about each one of our kids. While things dramatically shifted...

Have you ever called up your friends and said let's go somewhere for the weekend? The Table for Five ladies took a take a trip to Minnesota for a special weekend. We talk about what it takes to prepare to leave our children for some much-needed time alone. How sometimes there can be some residual feelings from our kids upon our return and that mom life doesn't stop just because we are away.  We sh...

We talk to recent children's book author Stacy Yildiz. Stacy Yildiz is a mom, wife, teacher, and autism advocate. As a long-time educator, Stacy is familiar with autism, however, her life changed when her daughter, Alicy, was diagnosed with nonverbal autism at the age of three. Alicy is playful, and loves to spend time with her brother, and other kids.   Stacy wrote the book, "I Want to Belon...

You do not want to miss this episode! We talk with Chelsey Hautz, who practices as a pediatric occupational therapist in Vancouver, Canada. She has lived and worked in Canada, the UK, and Hong Kong. She believes wholeheartedly that we are built for connection and the meaning we cultivate within our own bodies, with others around us, and within the environments, we occupy from who we become and how...

First and foremost we want to thank every person who has taken the time to come into our children's lives with an open heart and mind. There is no doubt that you will hear in this episode how much you have not only impacted our children's lives and ours as you sit across from us in a therapy program or school setting.  What we wanted to do was just open a conversation about things that could...

This week we talk about the divide in the autism community. The language that people prefer, autism awareness vs. acceptance, light it up blue, the puzzle piece and so much more. Our hope is that if our community can come together we can make big changes as a collective whole. There is no doubt that as the years have gone on after our kid's autism diagnosis we have learned more and more about the...

This week hear stories from the table as we get closer to closing out Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month. These are heartfelt stories about our kids and some of the moments that we have walked through as parents of autistic children. 1. Our First Night Together by Jennifer Dunn 2. The Words Flew Out of My Mouth for the First Time by Tabitha Cabrera 3. The Fix by Six by Jaime Ramos 4. An Open Letter...

Let's talk about how autism is portrayed in the media and what we have learned about autism from our kids. Did you have ideas of what autism was before your life was touched by an autism diagnosis? Did others have ideas about you if you are autistic? How do you feel about what information is out there about autistic people? Autism presents in many ways in all of our kids, they have common characte...

We had the pleasure of interviewing our friend Kate Swenson about her amazing book Forever Boy set to release on April 5th, 2022.  We discuss her family, autism, motherhood, and this journey of meeting each other in her supporter group Coops Troops. From her book "But I remind myself too, autism was always there. It wasn't given to him by a doctor who said the word out loud. It was inside him...

It’s April so this month we will talking more in-depth about Autism. We start by talking about the different steps we all had to take to get our kids their autism diagnosis.  We each live in different areas and learned more information as we dove deeper into the world of professionals. As we lived in a time of wonder, we relied heavily on the professionals to guide our way.  What we ende...