Michelle Morton: Crafting Communication and Overcoming Sensory Challenges – A Journey of Autism Advocacy and Resilience

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Tony Mantor

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Send us a text What happens when your child's first words start to disappear? That's the heart-wrenching question Michelle Morton faced as her son's communication skills regressed and sensory challenges emerged. In this episode of "Why Not Me? The World," Michelle takes us through her powerful journey, highlighting a pivotal moment at Chuck E. Cheese that confirmed their suspicions of autism. Through her candid storytelling, Michelle shares how specialized therapies at Hi...

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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, Nashville, Tennessee.
0:18.0	Join us as our guests tell us their stories.
0:21.0	Some will make your laugh, some will make you cry. Real life people who
0:28.0	will inspire and show that you are not alone in this world.
0:35.0	Hopefully you gain more awareness, acceptance,
0:39.2	and a better understanding for autism around the world.
0:43.0	Hi, I'm Tony Mantour. Welcome to Why Not Me the World. Today's guest is Michelle Morton.
0:57.4	She will discuss her journey of supporting her autistic
1:03.7	she has learned valuable lessons that she's going to share with us today.
1:06.7	So thanks for coming on.
1:08.5	Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for having me.
1:10.5	Oh, it's my pleasure.
1:11.6	So I understand that you have a son this autistic correct? Yes. Okay so how old is he now?
1:17.6	He is going to be four in June. Okay so how old was he when he was diagnosed?
1:24.0	Just a little over a year ago.
1:26.0	What were some of the things that led you to believe that something was not quite right
1:31.0	and that ultimately led you to getting diagnosed.
1:34.1	He was hitting all his milestones and doing really well as a little guy, you know, and then all of
1:41.2	a sudden he kind of started regressing he wasn't talking he wasn't
1:46.7	saying really anything he wasn't he wasn't speaking at all in fact he was screaming
1:52.1	when he needed something anything at all. He was screaming when he needed something, anything at all he just screamed.
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