Vanessa and Malinda discuss post covid struggles and traumatic issues associated with the past two years of lock down and other mitigation strategies.     ______________________ Contact us here:  inclusion@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind  Please Write, review, subscribe and share 

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S4: Episode 4: Living Life after Covid, Let’s discuss hard things

Stefanie Gonzalez is the President & Co-Founder of Lilly's Voice Inc and a very proud mother. Her daughter, Lilly is autistic, a rock star AAC user, an all-around amazing kid, and fan of all things Sesame Street. Lilly served as the inspiration for the 501c3 nonprofit, Lilly's Voice Inc, which is dedicated to providing AAC devices to those that cannot get one through conventional means and cannot afford one on their own. Since launching in May of 2021, Lilly’s Voice has provided 26 AAC devices to children ranging in ages from 3 – 14, and has also helped countless other families purchase and configure their own AAC devices. When Stefanie isn’t busy working her full time job as a Senior Manager at a software company, or consulting with families through the nonprofit or her Instagram account that has more the 21K followers, Stefanie is passionate about homeschooling her daughter, spending time with family (including Lilly's awesome daddy), photography, and loves being the handler to Lilly’s service dog, Indy! https://www.lillysvoice.org/ https://www.instagram.com/LillysVoice/ https://www.instagram.com/afriendforlillybug/ https://www.facebook.com/LillysVoice   ______________________ Contact us here:  inclusion@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind  Please Write, review, subscribe and share 

S4: Episode 3: Lilly’s Voice a nonprofit organization, Providing communication devices to those in need, because every child deserves a voice!

S4: Episode 2: This is us...Two Autism Moms Sharing Experiences. Join us   Welcome to the Autism Mastermind Podcast. Vanessa and Malinda chat about this season of the podcast. Join us for a chat? Reach out, we would love to have you on the podcast.  ______________________ Contact us here: inclusion@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind

S4: Episode 2: This is us...Two Autism Moms Sharing Experiences. Join us

Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery, co-author Dr. Weiss, a proud Veteran and former U.S. Navy Commander, isa regional leader in advanced regenerative medicine. He is laser-focused on utilizing umbilical cord stem cells to heal his plastic surgery patients and those with wounds from trauma and disease as well as deformities from birth or those acquired through life. Close to his heart is using regenerative therapy to treat autism. He attended Duke University Medical School, where cutting-edge autism therapy is being studied and has found great success using stem cell therapy. His son, Marston, is on the autistic spectrum and, as a result of this therapy, Dr. Weiss has seen tremendous healing of his condition. Dr. Weiss’ goal is to restore wholeness to all patients by using umbilical cord blood stem cells to treat multiple health conditions. “Umbilical cord blood contains powerful cells with chemical signals that optimize the healing capacity of the human body. They seek out inflamed cells that are old, damaged or injured, and are to restore them” said Dr. Eric Weiss. “Multiple studies demonstrate this cord blood can treat certain conditions successfully in children and adults including autism, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic brain injury and more.” “Stem cell therapy has helped my son in so many ways. Children with autism have inflammation in their brains. Stem cells combat inflammation. When we did stem cell therapy, we saw immediate results. Marston asked questions, he followed conversations, and he became acutely aware of his surroundings. Marston talked for conversation and not just for directions. Marston was more focused and his memory was spot on. To this day I still hear him use vocabulary words I never thought he knew and in the correct context. The veil was finally lifted and I saw who Marston really was,” said Chris Weiss. Educating Marston is available for purchase now. The hardcover retail cost is $24.99 and is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Indie Bound, Walmart and Bam! Books-A-Million. For more information: visit: https://www.educatingmarston.com. https://northfloridastemcells.com/   ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind 

S4: Episode 1: Dr Eric Weiss, Regenerative Therapy for Autism

So many mixed feelings about this time in Paige’s life. It is ok to talk about the hard things.    Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind  Our New nonprofit website: https://www.paigespantry.org/  

S3: Episode 12: A Milestone

So wonderful to chat with Lorri, we have so much in common. Our children are similar and share the same birthday just one year apart!  Lorri Unumb is a lawyer, mother of three teenage boys, and an internationally renowned autism advocate. She began her career as an appellate attorney with the United States Department of Justice and then as a full-time law professor. Following her son’s diagnosis with autism, she began volunteering for autism causes, writing ground-breaking autism insurance legislation for South Carolina (“Ryan’s Law”) that passed in 2007 and served as the catalyst for the national movement toward autism insurance reform. She served for a decade as the national head of state government affairs for the international nonprofit Autism Speaks. Lorri is also the founder of the annual Autism Law Summit, now in its 14th year, and is co-author of the law school textbook “Autism and the Law.” In 2010, she founded the Autism Academy of South Carolina, a nonprofit ABA center now known as The Unumb Center for Neurodevelopment. lunumb@casproviders.org https://casproviders.org/ https://m.facebook.com/CASProviders/ https://instagram.com/casproviders?igshid=1ifxfjrqun63z ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind  Our New nonprofit website: https://www.paigespantry.org/

S3: Episode 11: Lorri Unumb, Esq., CEO, Council of Autism Service Providers

Self care with friends is the best thing you can do for yourself. Find your community, find your tribe, find your friends and go out and have an adventure.  Is it hard? yes! Does it take time and planning before you leave? yes! Is it worth it? Double Yes!    ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind   

S3: Episode 10: Six of us did a Thing

I HAVE BEEN BURIED UNDER YEARS OF DUST: A Memoir of Autism and Hope (William Morrow; On-Sale Date: April 6, 2021; $25.99) by Valerie Gilpeer and Emily Grodin is about Emily's transformation from a non-verbal autistic woman to an amazing writer, straight A student and passionate advocate for the voiceless.  Born with non-verbal autism, Emily’s only means of communicating were limited to one-word answers and physical gestures which often left her frustrated, angry and misunderstood.  For years her parents Valerie and Tom sought the best doctors and treatment options in an effort to get Emily to communicate but nothing seemed to work. It wasn’t until a disastrous intercontinental flight from Ireland to Los Angeles, when Emily was twenty-five, triggered a miraculous communication breakthrough the following day.  With the help of a trained specialist and a technique called Facilitated Communication Emily typed out the following phrase on an Ipad: “I have been buried under years of dust and now I have so much to say.”   That sentence opened up the floodgates of communication, and while Emily is still non-verbal, she hasn’t stopped “talking.” Now, at age 29, Emily is an avid writer of amazing poetry, maintains a 4.0 in all of her college courses and hopes to become an advocate for the countless other people like her who can’t communicate in the traditional sense but have so much to offer.     ABOUT THE AUTHORS:  Emily Grodin is a poet.  Valerie Gilpeer is a former attorney in Los Angeles who has been practicing law for forty years. Based on her own struggles navigating the school systems for Emily, she shifted her civil law practice twenty years ago in favor of representing families of disabled children trying to obtain educational services from local school districts. She has continued to focus on disability rights law through her volunteer work with several nonprofit organizations in the Los Angeles area all the while advocating for new treatments and therapies for her daughter. Valerie, her husband Tom, and daughter Emily live in Encino, California.    Emily Grodin  IG @Emilyfaithgrodin Emilygrodin.com   Valerie Gilpeer  IG @valeriegilpeer   ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind   

S3: Episode 9: Valerie Gilpeer, Attorney & Co-Author, - “I Have Been Buried Under Years of Dust, A Memoir of Autism and Hope”

S3: Episode 8: Everyday Autism Series - Third First Day Hello Friends Happy Pandemic Anniversary...said no one ever. We are starting our third round of in person school next week. Wish us luck! Hopefully Paige likes it and they stay open for a while. Paige is also having a birthday! Happy Paige Day :)  ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind 

S3: Episode 8: Everyday Autism Series - Third First Day

Joya Van Der Laan is a wife, mother of 3, family nurse practitioner, functional medicine specialist, and business owner. As if that didn't make life complicated enough, two of her three children have special needs including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED). After receiving her daughter's ASD diagnosis in 2014 when she was 3 years old, Joya's innate curiosity and passion for learning drove her to ask, "am I doing enough to help my children through these diagnoses?" Feeling woefully unprepared, even with her medical training and clinical background, Joya started researching treatments including both traditional and integrative options. It was overwhelming, eye-opening, hopeful, and exhausting all at the same time. "I very clearly remember feeling like I was in over my head, even as a trained medical professional. I wondered, 'how in the world must parents who have no medical background feel going through this?'" There were (and still are) feelings of guilt, grief, overwhelm, and exhaustion. This is what prompted Joya and her husband, Dave, to start Your Autism Game Plan, an online resource for parents and caregivers of children with ASD. Her goal is to provide a different perspective, including the integrative treatment options that are not generally discussed in the traditional medical and therapy settings. "Parents need to know this stuff because our kids need help beyond what is typically offered, and searching online is just too overwhelming and time-consuming," Joya says. In addition to all the free videos and other resources on the website, she is coming out with a fully online, self-paced course in the Spring that will offer parents a chance to learn practical and actionable ways that they create their child's Autism game plan, including safe and effective integrative therapies, and help their child manage many of the bothersome symptoms that so often come along with Autism.  https://yourautismgameplan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourautismgameplan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YourAutismGamePlanInc/ youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeK_KYCsTPhMzxfezM6tTBw ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind 

S3: Episode 7: Joya Van Der Laan - Your Autism Game Plan

Today I am chatting about our 501(3)(c) and our vaycay!  We went on another vacation and all I can say is - never give up!  ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind 

S3: Episode 6: Everyday Autism Series - Hey! Look what we did

Sally Willbanks is an award-winning Australian artist who put down her brushes at the end of 2019 to start ND Renegade, a clothing brand that aims to spread awareness and acceptance of neurodiversity. With her husband Jeff, Sally launched ND Renegade in January of 2020 in support of all neurodivergent people, including their own two children. Find ND Renegade: https://www.ndrenegade.com/ IG: @ndrenegade FB: NDRneurotribe ______________________ Contact us here: Inclution@autismmastermind.co IG, FB, YouTube @autismmastermind   

S3: Episode 5: Sally Willbanks - ND Renegade

Julie Igel is a Certified Classical Homeopath. She has a private practice with clients all over the world. She created the book, My Socks, in honor of her three daughters, one of whom had sensitivities to all textiles, including her socks.  Visit Julie here: homeopathicSOULutions.com   ___________________________ autismmastermind.co  Email: Inclusion@autismmastermind.co  FB: @sautismmasterminds  IG: @autismmastermind Youtube: @AutismMastermind linktr.ee/autismmastermind

S3: Episode 4: Julie Igel, CCH, Author - My Socks

It’s been a week..and it's just Thursday. On a happy note, I can see the weekend from here.  ___________________________ autismmastermind.co  Email: Inclusion@autismmastermind.co  FB: @sautismmasterminds  IG: @autismmastermind Youtube: @AutismMastermind linktr.ee/autismmastermind

S3: Episode 3: Everyday Autism Series - Regression with a side of SIB

S3: Episode 2: Everyday Autism Series - What is happening?  I know and then I don’t know why Paige is so upset. I am failing in this pandemic and I am trying to wrap my mind around it.  ___________________________ autismmastermind.co  Email: Inclusion@autismmastermind.co  FB: @sautismmasterminds  IG: @autismmastermind Youtube: @AutismMastermind linktr.ee/autismmastermind  

S3: Episode 2: Everyday Autism Series - What is happening?

Let's come together as autism parents, care providers and professionals and discuss ways to make our lives and our children's lives exceptional. Follow along with our personal journey raising our adult daughter and everyone we meet along the way. Be a guest on our podcast: sansthesugarcoat@gmail.com BLOG : Sansthesugarcoat.com FB: @sansthesugarcoat IG: @autismmastermind