George Bailey : A Father's Perspective on Raising Children with Autism

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?

Tony Mantor

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

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Imagine walking in the shoes of a father raising three unique children, all on the autism spectrum. That's the enlightening journey George Bailey, a dedicated father of five, invites us into. George gives us an inside look into their family life, from the intricate process of obtaining an autism diagnosis to the day-to-day nuances of nurturing his children. His tales are a testament to the exceptional ways his kids exhibit their autism and the conscious deci...

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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.
0:15.0	Nashville, Tennessee.
0:18.0	Join us as our guests tell us their stories.
0:22.0	Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry.
0:25.0	Real life people who 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. Today's guest, George Bailey is a father of five, three which are autistic.
1:04.8	He's also president of Z-PAC.
1:07.8	So he's got a great story to tell and I'm happy to have him here.
1:11.2	Welcome George. Welcome, George.
1:13.0	Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me on.
1:15.7	My pleasure.
1:16.7	It's my understanding that you have five children, three which are autistic.
1:21.6	That is correct. If you would give us a little information about them.
1:26.9	Well Joseph was born in 2007 and you know we figured out pretty quickly that he was autistic.
1:35.0	We could see within the first year of his life,
1:36.6	we could see that there were some developmental delays that looked familiar.
1:40.9	I had been around autism because my nephew was autistic and I knew a little bit about it at that point and you know so we knew we were living in Germany during that time and found out he was autistic
1:56.9	that we didn't get an official diagnosis because in Germany they're a lot slower that
2:00.9	it wasn't until we moved to St. Louis when he was about three years old that we definitely
2:05.2	knew but we saw speech delays. We saw delays with some of his gross motor skills who's having a hard
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