30 Years of Raising a Child with Autism with Liat's Mom: Melanie Sacks
Behavior Bitches
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4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Liat brings on her mom, Melanie, for a raw convo about raising Liat’s brother who has autism and intellectual disabilities. They cover everything from public behavior incidents and Chuck E. Cheese trauma to marriage strain, group home fears, and the chaos of parenting before insurance-covered ABA and Facebook support groups even existed.
Melanie opens up about the lifelong commitment and all the emotions that come with raising a child with ASD, and why he's been one of the greatest blessings of her life. This one will make you laugh, cry, call your mom, and maybe start filling out Medicaid waiver paperwork immediately.
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| 0:00.0 | You were here for that? |
| 0:08.7 | Yes, it's so big. |
| 0:12.9 | Bones. |
| 0:15.0 | Yep. |
| 0:16.2 | Are you taking calcium every day? |
| 0:18.6 | Definitely lifting weights for your bone health. |
| 0:24.2 | And I don't do it enough. |
| 0:25.7 | I should be my OB-GYN told me to walk with a backpack five pounds in it every day. |
| 0:33.6 | Really? |
| 0:34.6 | So I might start walking on your treadmill. |
| 0:37.3 | I wish you would use it. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm going to stone. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm going to stone. |
| 0:40.3 | Okay, anyways. |
| 0:41.3 | Okay. |
| 0:46.3 | Ready? |
| 0:47.3 | We're ready? |
| 0:49.3 | Roll in. |
| 0:50.3 | Do I talk a little on my face? |
| 0:51.3 | No. |
| 0:52.3 | Okay. |
| 0:53.3 | My mom, when you talk, you could either look at me or that camera. Oh, okay. Or this middle one is fine. Or the middle. Really anywhere you look, I guess. Okay. Yeah. Okay. I'll look at my book every now and again. Not that I can. I took my glasses off. Okay. |
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