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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

Fresh Take: Dr. Lynn Koegel on the Hidden Brilliance of Autism

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

What if we're looking at autism in the wrong way? Dr. Lynn Koegel, co-author of Hidden Brilliance: Unlocking the Intelligence of Autism, explains how to engage with the strengths in kids with autism rather than focusing on what they're lacking. Dr. Lynn Koegel is a clinical professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. She and her husband developed Pivotal Response Treatment which focuses on motivation. She has been supporting autistic individuals for more than 40 years. Dr. Koegel and Margaret discuss: Why we're focusing on the wrong things when we assess kids with autism The power of peer support Connecting authentically with kids with autism Dr. Koegel explains that professionals are often trained to look at what's "wrong" with children with autism rather than what's right. It helps to look at the differences in children with autism, as Margaret likes to say, as morally neutral. Here's where you can find Lynn: autismPRThelp.com @lynn.koegel on Facebook hidden-brilliance.org We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to Fresh Take from What Fresh Hell laughing in the face of

1:06.0

Motherhood. This is Margaret and today I am talking to Dr Lynn Kakeel. She is the

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co-author of Hidden Brilliance, unlocking the Intelligence of autism.

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Lynn is a clinical professor at the Stanford School of Medicine.

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She and her husband developed pivotal response treatment which focuses on motivation.

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She has been supporting autistic individuals for more than 40 years.

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Welcome Dr Lynn Kagle. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me. And so, although we are talking generally about children with autism today, I urge you to listen to this. First of all, almost certainly you have a child with autism somewhere in your life, but also, and Lynn, correct me if I'm wrong, I think that as a mom with a kid on the spectrum I find that so much of what I learn

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