Welcome to the Autism, ADHD podcast. I'm your host, Holly Blanc Moses, the mom psychologist who gets it. Now let's get started.

Welcome Christina Tracy. Thanks, Holly. It's great to be here. Thank you for coming. So I'm going to introduce you. Christina is a

warrior mom who advocates for ADHD. She is the founder of Andrew's Angels and memory of her son,

Andrew. The mission of Andrews Angels is to spread awareness of ADHD and to support parents of children

with ADHD.

You know, we are going to talk about such an important topic today.

And I'm so thankful that you are here because I think your mission and your message is

incredibly important because we know, you know, research tells us that

children who are differently wired, children with autism and or ADHD.

So both.

We know that children with autism and children with ADHD are two times more likely to pass away young, more so than their

peers. And this is, this is scary. It's so scary. And that's why we need to talk about it.

It's uncomfortable to talk about, but bringing it

into the light, I think is incredibly important. So, Christina, tell me why you want to share your

story. Well, I share Andrew's story and my story.

Because as the parent of a child with ADHD, I was very lonely.

Andrew was misunderstood so many times by teachers and parents and friends that just didn't understand some of the things he would do or say.

And after losing Andrew, I don't ever want a parent of an ADHD child feel that way.

I want them to know they're not alone and just advocate for them, for get people to understand ADHD,

bring more awareness to the topic and essentially make sure that Andrews story is a cautionary tale.

Right. Right. And, you know, you and I were talking earlier, too, about how it feels,

because I have two children with severe ADHD too and it often feels like we're

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