- The Otherness Podcast is exploring and engaging autism through experienced stories with Dr. Todd Peter Levine and is available on most places and sites where you like to listen to podcasts.
- Dr. Todd Peter Levine is the host of the Otherness Podcast. He is a psychiatrist who treats people with autism in a compassionate manner that began with his life as the older sibling of his brother with autism. This conversation is with Barb, a long-time friend who describes the growth and learning that comes from parenting her son with autism. She talks about the imperfections and stumbles along the way that become important foundations for creative ways of relating differently to herself, her son, and others. They discuss everything from anxiety around the diagnostic process, jumping on the couch, toilet training, a great escape, and dancing the cha-cha to bring the autism experience into a more intimate focus.
- Purple Juice and the Digestion and Integration of Autism Life. Doctor Todd Peter Levine talks with candor and compassion with a mom who has insightful perspective on raising a son with autism for s1. E2.of the Otherness Podcast.
Dr. Todd Peter Levine invites a long-time friend and mother of a young man with autism to understand how living with autism is a gradual process of struggle and discovery.
After hearing the first episode of The Otherness Podcast, Barb, a long-time friend who worked with me in the 90's at a summer camp, reconnected with me via social media. We talked for hours about life and her poignant experiences in raising a son with autism.
Some meaningful perspectives were shared when two old friends who launched careers in working with children several years ago found themselves deeply involved in autism. Her courage to share the often unspoken fears and vulnerabilities that are part of the autism parenting experience inspired us to record it and share. We talked about self-doubt, small victories, hearing the unspoken word, sensory diets, toilet training, and the inspiring purple juice.
Also, who knew her son was an aspiring drummer and couch trampoline gymnast? We learned about how a frightening middle of the night escape by her son brought about inspired help by the community in which she lives. One firefighter was able to sit with her son in the emergency room that night and play a game with his hat to make him comfortable. Barb also described how sprinkled in the difficult times were sweet moments and her son is more than just the struggles.
Disappointments, acceptance, fear, and hope can co-exist in a harmonious way to learn through the autism parenting process. I see that personal journeys such as Barb's illustrate incredible resilience and growth.
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