Best of Podcast: Autism & Determined Parenting - Interview with Karla Akin
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode on the podcast we welcome special guest Karla Akin. Karla is an author and speaker. Karla is the mother of five, including twin sons with autism. She has a bachelor's in special education from Western Governors University and a doctorate in Christian education from Kingsway Theological Seminary. She has nearly four decades of teaching experience in homeschooling, private school and public education.
Karla joins Dr. Kim to talk about her most recent book A Pair of Miracles: A Story of Autism, Faith, and Determined Parenting and her story of triumphs and mistakes as she walked alongside her autistic sons. This book is a powerful tool for any parent of a child with autism.
Tune in to learn more about autism and determined parenting!
RESOURCES
- You can find more from Karla on her website here.
- Purchase Karla's book here.
- Follow Karla on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
- This month our marriage resource is our House Prayer Cards we released last year. Use mundane moments for Godly purpose in your marriage with these House Prayer Cards. Learn more here!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.6 | I am your podcast producer and co-host Christina Dodson. |
| 0:12.8 | On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimberling. |
| 0:15.5 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 40 years. |
| 0:19.7 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:24.9 | Welcome to this awesome marriage instant classic podcast. |
| 0:28.4 | This is a podcast that aired last year that we wanted to highlight again to make sure you |
| 0:32.7 | didn't miss it. |
| 0:33.7 | In this episode, Carla Aikins and I talk about her book, A pair of miracles, a story of autism, faith, and determined parenting. |
| 0:41.8 | And her story of triumphs and mistakes as she walked alongside her autistic sons. |
| 0:46.0 | This book is a powerful tool for any parent of a child with autism. |
| 0:50.0 | Please enjoy this awesome marriage instant, classic podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to Dave to the Awesome Marriage Podcasts today on the podcast. Welcome Carla. Carla's an author. |
| 0:58.9 | She's speaker. She's mother of five children, including twin sons with autism. She holds a |
| 1:03.8 | bachelor's degree in special education from Western Governors University and a doctorate in |
| 1:08.5 | Christian education from Kingsway Theological Seminary. She has |
| 1:12.0 | nearly 40 years of teaching experience. Today we're going to talk about her most recent book, |
| 1:16.7 | A Pair of Miracles, The Story of Autism, Faith, and Determined Parenting. It's a story of triumphs |
| 1:21.4 | and mistakes as she walked alongside her autistic sons. This book is a powerful tool for |
| 1:27.2 | any parent of a child with autism. Carla, |
| 1:29.9 | thank you so much for taking time to join us today on the podcast. Oh, thank you for having them. |
| 1:34.0 | I'm excited to be here. Oh, it's great to have you here. So let's just kind of kick things off and tell us |
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