Helping Our Young Autistic Adults Move Toward More Independence (Podcast 563)

The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Durenda Wilson

Education For Kids, Kids & Family:parenting, Kids & Family, Parenting

5.0 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We always want to see our kids reach an appropriately healthy amount of independence as they move into adulthood, but for those of us with special needs kids, this process can be more challenging and time-consuming than we may have anticipated. In the last episode, Peggy Ployhar joined me to discuss ways to engage our autistic kids in learning. Today she will share what she believes is important in helping our autistic young adults move toward more independence. Resources mentioned in this episode: Link to podcast episode search bar Raising Boys to Men Book Raising Boys to Men Audiobook The Unhurried Homeschooler The Unhurried Homeschooler Audiobook Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart The Four-Hour School Day CTC Math Voetberg Music Academy (Use discount code WILSON20for 20%) Raise Them Well Back to School Bundle Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word Related episodes: Respect, Responsibility, and Our Special Needs Kids Masculinity and Our Special Needs Boys What I Have Learned So Far About Autism So Far Encouragement For Parents of Kids With Disabilities Ways to connect with Peggy: Empowering Homeschool Conversations (Podcast) SPED Homeschool Website SPED Homeschool Community

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0:00.0	Do you have a child who's on the autism spectrum?
0:11.5	Do you wonder if there are ways to help them become as independent as possible?
0:15.9	That's the topic of today's episode.
0:18.2	Hey, moms.
0:18.7	Welcome to the Dorinda Wilson podcast.
0:20.7	I'm Dorinda, wife to one,
0:22.2	mom to eight, Nana to 12, and 30-year veteran homeschooling mom. I'm also the author of four books,
0:28.6	The Unhurried Homoried Homestchooler, The Four Hour School Day, Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart
0:33.0	and Raising Boys to Men. You can find all four of those books on Amazon and you can find the
0:38.1	audio books for raising boys to men and the Unhurried Homeschooler exclusively at my website,
0:43.6	Durandawilson.com slash audiobooks, and I will leave a link in the show notes to make it easy for
0:48.3	you to get there. So for the last few years, I've been publishing two podcast episodes a week.
0:56.0	After much prayer and conversation with my husband, I've decided it's time to dial that back to one per week. But what's
1:01.5	really awesome is that there are over 550 episodes on my podcast. And there is a search bar on the
1:07.3	podcast page of my website at the top of the list of episodes where you can enter a
1:12.5	keyword and all the episodes on that topic will come up. I hope you'll take advantage of that.
1:17.8	I will make sure to include a link in the show notes. If you're looking for a trustworthy
1:22.5	supplement company, because there are so many out there now, please be sure to listen after
1:26.7	the prayer at the end of
1:27.7	this episode and I'll be sharing one of my favorites with you. I also like to share with you every
1:32.9	week about my favorite math resource. You have heard me talk about CTC math for some time, but have
1:38.4	you tried it out yet? CTC math provides online video tutorials that make learning math easy and
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