0:00.0	Welcome to the Autism, ADHD podcast. I am so happy that you join me today. I want to take a moment and ask for your help. Please take just a second and give the podcast a five-star review. This will help me continue the podcast and keep bringing you helpful
0:23.7	information. Thanks so much again for taking the time to give that five-star review. Now let's get
0:30.3	started. Welcome, Dr. Tara Regan. Thanks for having me.
0:38.2	I'm so excited to be back.
0:39.8	I am thrilled that you are back talking with us.
0:43.4	So I'm going to introduce you really quick.
0:45.0	You are the executive director and founder of Autism Grown Up, an online nonprofit organization based in North Carolina.
0:53.5	You are a sibling to two autistic adult brothers, Tyler and Tanner,
0:58.7	and have been working in the autism community for over a decade.
1:02.4	You have this amazing background in direct care practice, social work, and special education.
1:08.8	You integrate all you've learned across these disciplines and
1:12.9	you're writing and speaking about adulthood, lifespan, and collaborations within the autism community.
1:17.9	And I'm, again, thrilled that you are here because you provide such an amazing service and
1:26.2	tons of knowledge for all of us. So I so appreciate everything that you do.
1:31.1	I did want to invite you on because I am a big fan of your blog and I was reading an article that
1:40.1	you wrote about how to be a better friend to, you know, an autistic person. And what I think is so
1:48.9	important, and I'm sure you agree, is that we're often talking about social skills for children on
1:55.4	the spectrum or how to help them through social situations with neurotypicals.
2:02.1	But really what I love, and we also have to equally educating neurotypical people
2:08.2	on how to be interacting in a better way with someone on the spectrum.
2:14.1	Definitely.
2:15.0	I mean, we were talking about right before recording how we see so many block posts and articles written and directed towards autistic individuals and how they could be a better X, Y, or Z. But we don't really see it directed towards neurotypicals. The other, you know, when we think of the prevalence, right,
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