Episode 11 - Michelle McFarland McDaniels
Michelle McFarland McDaniels is a dynamo mom from the south side of Chicago who sees a terribly bleak landscape when it comes to programs for young adults like her 25 year-old daughter with severe aut...
6 Jun 202233min
Episode 10 - Unseen: Jess Ronne and a New Documentary about Extreme Caregiving
Jess Ronne, mother of 8, including a teen son with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, is the main protagonist of a new documentary film, Unseen: How We're Failing Parent Caregivers. Jill E...
24 Mai 202230min
Episode 9 - Lucy Kross Wallace on the Distortions of the Neurodiversity Movement
Lucy Kross Wallace is an accomplished writer and sophomore at Stanford University who has written about her disenchantment with the neurodiversity movement. In conversation with Jill Escher, Lucy tell...
23 Mai 202237min
Episode 8 - Matthew Siegel, MD on Treatment Programs for Severe Autism Behaviors
Matthew Siegel, MD, Director of the Developmental Disorders Program, Maine Behavioral Health, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics of Tufts University and Faculty Scientist, MMC Research I...
16 Mai 202232min
Episode 7 - ICFs, HCBS, DSPs and More with Hugo Dwyer of VOR
We speak with Hugo Dwyer, executive director of VOR, or Voice of Reason, a national advocacy organization representing the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. VOR wo...
9 Mai 20221h 8min
Episode 6 - Cammie McGovern, Author of Hard Landings: Looking Into the Future for a Child with Autism
Novelist and parent of an autistic child Cammie McGovern spent a year traveling around the country, visiting day and residential programs for autistic adults. She discusses what she found with Amy Lut...
2 Mai 202246min
Episode 5 - Care Ethics, with Philosopher and Disability Scholar Eva Feder Kittay
Host Amy Lutz gets philosophical with prominent scholar Eva Feder Kittay, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University/SUNY. Dr Kittay, the mother of a severely intellectually ...
25 Apr 202248min
Episode 4 - Is Autism Research Failing Us? A Conversation with Alycia Halladay, PhD
Alycia Halladay, PhD, is Chief Science Officer of Autism Science Foundation and has years of experience working to promote and fund autism research. NCSA President Jill Escher talks with her about pro...
18 Apr 202257min
