Welcome to Why Not Me The World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mantour.

Broadcasting from Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee.

Join us as our guests tell us their stories.

Some will make your laugh, some will make you cry. Real life people who

will inspire and show that you are not alone in this world.

Hopefully you gain more awareness, acceptance,

and a better understanding for autism around the World. Today we are joined by

Andrew Smith. He's a skilled financial planner with a focus on aiding families of

autistic individuals and those with special needs.

His wealth of information and commitment to improving the financial stability of these families

make him a valuable resource, and I'm pleased to have him as part of our conversation.

So thanks for coming on.

So I guess my first question is how did you find yourself getting into this line of work?

Yeah, so some of the first clients that I had were some good friends of mine.

They have a daughter who has autism.

She's not about middle of the road of the spectrum.

You know, obviously the younger you are, the harder it is to tell where we're really at.

So when we met, man, she must have been about four.

I think she's two years older than my oldest. And then I have some other

friends too. Their son is more medically complex significantly and so those two being some of the first clients that I had working in the

financial advising space I sought out somebody who have

have special needs disabilities.

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