Welcome to the Be Kind to Everyone podcast.

We've had many of our friends ask why we're doing a podcast, and I think the most simple answer is we just want to be a friend.

We want to be a friend to the family that their child just got a diagnosis of autism.

We want to be a friend and a resource to someone that their child just got a diagnosis of autism. We want to be a friend and a resource to someone

that their child is getting ready to age out of the school system and they're scared and don't

know what to do. We also want to help the neighbor that just had the child move in next door

that has autism and they might not know how to explain it to

their child, how to become a friend of this family.

We want to help make life easier for all of these individuals, all the families like ours,

everyone that's navigating the world of disabilities, we want to help put the resources and the knowledge we've learned

over the years to make life better for all the individuals that might have a disability like

our daughter Jordan does. We are excited, scared, having a clue what we're doing. I feel like people

will quickly learn that's the way we've been

from day one through this whole adventure, so why not start a podcast the exact same way? I'm Jackie.

I'm Ben. We have a daughter. It's Jordan. She's 21 now. She has autism. We have a son who's eight.

His name is Hudson. I'm so glad you're here. I'm most commonly known as Jordan's

mom or Jackie from TikTok. And I'm typically the guy that's, you have a husband.

Yes, that is true. Does Jordan have a dad? I get so many questions on TikTok. Where is

their dad in the picture? You're always behind the scene. So I forced you to branch out and let the

world know she does have a very

involved father. We just want to be a place to offer hope and ideas and inspiration through

professionals, through other families going down a similar journey and through our own personal

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