Many of you have written to say that you would like a podcast episode that features what to do with kids who have neurod divergence.

I remember someone describing to me what it was like to find out that their child was autistic.

She said the doctor explained it this way.

You got pregnant and you thought that you were taking a trip to Hawaii

So you packed a suitcase full of bathing suits and shorts and sunglasses and snorkel gear

And then the baby was born and actually you landed in Finland in the middle of winter.

The feeling when we face neurodivergence is how ill-equipped we are to meet those challenges.

Sometimes what happens is we realize that the school structure

or the life that we thought we would be leading no longer supports the

needs of our children. Today's episode features Debbie Reiber from tilting. She has such a child and she's here to share the

strategies behind creating a wonderful life for homeschooling when your child is neurodivergent.

Today's guest is Debbie Reber, the founder of Tilt Parenting.

Debbie tells us that today more than 20% of children

are in some way neurologically atypical,

or as she likes to say differently wired and because the world isn't

set up to accommodate their unique way of being these exceptional kids and

the parents raising them,

struggled to navigate that journey.

This was Debbie's situation as she raised her son, Asher,

who is now an adult.

She spent years figuring out how to best support him in school and in life

and wound up homeschooling. Many of the websites and organizations that did exist did not speak to her.

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