I'm a marine veteran and a single mom to my three-year-old daughter.

I'm a full-time student pursuing criminal justice.

My name is Brooke and I am a Mariah Gospel.

Hey everybody, welcome back to the Mariah Golis Mama's podcast.

I'm your host, Elizabeth Joy.

And we believe in empowering women through storytelling and education.

And I'm so glad that you're joining us here.

If you're joining us for the first time, welcome.

I am so glad that you're here and listening.

We have a super exciting episode today.

And if you guys didn't catch last week's,

definitely go back and check it out.

I had Hannah Belcher on and it's Autism Awareness Month.

And she came on to educate us.

She is a researcher.

She has her PhD.

She was diagnosed when she was 23 years old.

And just her knowledge on the topic is absolutely amazing.

She gives tips for parents who you may think your child has autism.

But also, she just dives into the research

and why so many kids, especially females,

have been misdiagnosed or gone undiagnosed until adulthood

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