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The Autism Family Resource Podcast
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed navigating therapy, school systems, behaviors, or sensory challenges, this podcast was created for you.
Across our episodes, we explore:
• Communication strategies, including functional AAC
• Regulation, sensory routines, and executive functioning
• Feeding, mental health, and puberty conversations
• School advocacy, IEPs, and insurance planning
• Safety topics like elopement and community supports
• Sibling support and navigating family changes
• Autistic voices sharing lived experience and advocacy
• Products, apps, and resources families can use right away
You’ll hear from autistic adults, parents, clinicians, and advocates offering real perspective, practical tools, and genuine encouragement.
Whether you’re newly navigating a diagnosis or years into the journey, you’ll leave feeling more informed, more confident, and less alone.
You’ll leave feeling more informed, more confident, and less alone
Practical, neurodiversity-affirming conversations to support families navigating autism, ADHD, sensory differences, and school systems.
Scan Me Home: The Iron-on QR Code Child Safety Solution Every Parent Needs
What if a simple iron-on QR code could help keep your child safe? In this powerful episode of the Autism Family Resource Podcast, dad and inventor Justin Behnke shares the story behind ScanMeHome.com, a life-changing solution for children who are nonverbal or have special needs. Learn how it works, why it was created, and how families everywhere are using it for peace of mind.
Unleash the Power of Communication: AAC Strategies and Joyful Learning
AAC doesn’t have to be overwhelming or clinical—it can be playful, powerful, and part of everyday life. In this inspiring episode of the Autism Family Resource Podcast, SLPs Stacey Dover and Lydia Mackay share how to make communication with AAC devices joyful, effective, and rooted in connection.
Empowering Communication: Navigating the AAC Device Evaluation Process
Starting the AAC journey can feel overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. In Part 2 of our AAC series, speech-language pathologists Lydia Mackay and Stacey Dover break down how to begin the evaluation process, what to expect from your multidisciplinary team, and how families can play an active role in finding the perfect AAC device for their child.
Empowering Communication: The benefits of a communication device
Not all communication is verbal—and for non-speaking children, AAC devices can be life-changing. In Part 1 of our AAC podcast series, SLPs Lydia Mackay and Stacey Dover explain what AAC is, how language develops, and how families can support meaningful communication from the very beginning.
Strategies to communicate & connect with you non-speaking child
Can you find the subtle non-verbal cues?