Reintegrating Our Daughter Into School Life - Not Your Mama's Autism (NYMA)

Episode Description

In this episode, Lola Dada-Olley and her husband Tosan discuss their journey with their daughter Alero, who is on the autism spectrum. They share their decision-making process regarding Alero's education, including the challenges of navigating special education services, the impact of the pandemic, and the importance of adaptability in parenting. They reflect on their choice to temporarily withdraw Alero from school for therapy and the subsequent decision to reintegrate her into a supportive school environment. The couple emphasizes the significance of building a supportive community and learning from others' experiences in similar situations.

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More about Not Your Mama's Autism (NYMA)

NYMA is the story of one family's experiences with autism through a multi-generational lens. Hosted by a woman who is both the older sibling to a non-verbal man living with autism and now the mother of two children on the autism spectrum, NYMA takes on topics like autism awareness now compared to thirty years ago, past and current treatments, allies, special education pre-Covid-19 and during Covid-19, disability rights broken down by zip code, marriage therapy along the autism journey, intersectionality of race and disability, corporate inclusion efforts and much more.