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BE KIND TO EVERYONE

FINDING COOPER'S VOICE WITH KATE SWENSON PART 2

BE KIND TO EVERYONE

Jeff Dauler

Kids & Family, Education

5771 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today we're continuing our conversation with Kate Swenson of Finding Cooper's Voice. In this episode she discusses Cooper's initial diagnosis, some of their more difficult years and where they are now. Kate also gives some great advice for parents that are just starting their autism journey and where to find advice and support from other autism parents on social media. Don't forget, Kate's Book "Forever Boy" is available now on Amazon or wherever books are sold.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Okay. I know I'm talking to Ben. I know you already know a little bit about this, but it was so cool. I need to let everyone else know and you need to relive it again. So I don't know. I'm all mixed up. A couple of days ago, I get a text, and it is Kristen Gates.

0:23.7

She is the DJ for, I say the DJ.

0:27.6

One of the DJs.

0:28.3

I know.

0:28.6

I think she's the best.

0:29.4

So I give her the title is the DJ.

0:31.3

Okay.

0:31.6

For 94-9 The Bull, it is a major country station here in Atlanta.

0:36.3

I get a text.

0:37.2

Let's go about it. Let's emphasize that.

0:38.6

She texted me. She didn't have my number. Oh, yeah, whatever. Okay. So she was like,

0:44.1

hey, is there any way I could call you? I have a favor. It's very last minute. And so I get to go out.

0:49.3

I talk to where I get to come back in the shirt shop. I'm like, oh, well, you know, Kristen Gates just texted me.

0:54.5

So anyway, yesterday, Jordan, Sarah, and I went down to the Bull radio station. It was incredible.

1:02.7

It was such a cool experience. I debated on whether or not Jordan to take Jordan because I was afraid she might be kind of nervous, but she said she wanted to go.

1:15.4

Sarah and I were talking about lunch afterwards, so she was like, I want to go.

1:18.7

And when we got here to the shirt shop, she was a little nervous because we weren't leaving until 1130.

1:24.9

But she wanted to go.

1:26.4

We go in there. and she did amazing.

1:31.8

She really liked it.

1:34.2

I mean, she completely gets that it's a bit of a star feeling.

1:40.5

Like here she is getting to like do a little badge thing to get in. It's really cool.

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