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let's get started. Welcome Kelly Coleman to the Autism-AdHD podcast.

Thank you so much for having me. I love the space that you are creating and the place that you are

over and over approaching things, not just from the point of view of caregiver, but the point of view of how do we first

understand our children and how do we understand how their brains work and starting from there.

And so thank you for giving that inroads into the conversation in such a wonderful way.

Well, thank you so much. I appreciate that. Those are the things that keep me going to do

the podcast every week. So I do appreciate that. So I'm going to introduce you real quick.

Kelly Coleman is a feature film development executive turned author and advocate for parent,

caregivers, and individuals disabilities.

Her book, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child,

Your Guide to the Essential Systems, Services, and Supports draws upon over a decade of experience, including her own experience

parenting a child with multiple disabilities. Kelly lives in Los Angeles with her husband,

two boys, and her son's trusty service dog. I love it. What's what's his name? Her name is

Hetty.

Hetty, right. Hedy is great. The organization we work with canine companions who match

Hetty with Aaron. The dogs come not only already with their names, but already having been

raised by a puppy raiser for about a year and a half, having gone through what

we refer to as dog college, but it is their intensive training at the center and their center

of several centers around the United States for six to nine months. And then part of the matching

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