Kate Swenson, FOREVER BOY: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Creator of the blog and Facebook group Finding Cooper's Voice, Kate Swenson joins Zibby to talk about her first book, Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy. The two discuss why Kate felt comfortable sharing more personal information in this book than she does on her blog, how her family dynamic has evolved over the last eleven years, and how she manages to keep such a sunny disposition. Kate also shares how Covid impacted Cooper and his treatment, as well as her favorite parts of the Facebook community she has created.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
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| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Kate Swenson is the author of Forever Boy, a mother's memoir of autism and finding joy. |
| 1:04.1 | Kate, the founder of Finding Cooper's Voice and Nonprofit, The More Than Project, is a mother |
| 1:09.1 | to four kids, a wife, and a proud Minnesotan. |
| 1:12.2 | She writes and creates videos regularly about her life as a mother and an autism advocate |
| 1:16.4 | for Facebook, Instagram, and her website, Finding Cooper's Voice. |
| 1:20.5 | Her book, Forever Boy, a mother's memoir of autism and finding joy, is available now |
| 1:25.3 | and highlights the transformation that she went through after her son's |
| 1:28.3 | diagnosis. Welcome, Kate. Thank you so much for coming on moms don't have time to read books to |
| 1:33.0 | discuss forever boy, a mother's memoir of autism and finding joy. Thanks for having me. It's my pleasure. |
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