Christina Collura: A Mother's Vision: From Personal Project to Worldwide Impact

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?

Tony Mantor

Positivity, Autism Awareness, Autism, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Special Needs, Autism Acceptance, Entertainment, Alternative Health, Celebrities, Never Give Up

5.0 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Join us for a fascinating conversation with Christina Collura, a passionate teacher, entrepreneur, and autism advocate. Discover how Christina's journey began with a simple yet powerful idea—creating a customized name puzzle for her son Luca, who was diagnosed with autism at age three. This innovative tool, featuring indented chalkboard spaces, transformed Luca's ability to recognize and write his name in just four weeks. Christina's story is one of creativ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Why Not Me The World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mantour.
0:07.0	Broadcasting from Music City, USA. Nashville, Tennessee.
0:18.0	Join us as our guests tell us their stories. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry. Real life people who
0:28.2	will inspire and show that you are not alone in this world.
0:35.0	Hopefully you gain more awareness, acceptance,
0:39.0	and a better understanding for autism around the world.
0:43.0	Hi, I'm Tony Mantour. Welcome to Why Not Me the World. Today, Christina Kallura joins me to share her inspiring story.
1:01.0	Christina developed a customized name puzzle for her son, which enabled him to learn writing and recognizing his name within four weeks using a chalkboard base.
1:11.0	She successfully integrated this innovative tool into her kindergarten
1:15.5	classroom, catering to students with diverse learning needs and challenges, and witnessed its remarkable
1:20.8	effectiveness. This one-of-a a kind resource is now making a global impact
1:25.7	empowering children worldwide. So welcome to the show.
1:30.3	Good morning. So I see I've caught you while you're still at school.
1:34.0	I know I'm in my classroom. So I believe right now you wear several different hats.
1:39.0	So I'm a full-time teacher turned full-time entrepreneur,
1:42.8	autism advocate, child book writer,
1:46.0	soon-to-be retired teacher.
1:48.4	Wow, that's really impressive.
1:50.4	You've got a lot going.
1:51.6	It's been a whirlwind of a ride from creating a concept for my son with his autism diagnosis to launching into major stores.
1:59.0	So that's pretty impressive.
2:00.0	So you started this all because your son was diagnosed autistic.
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