Selena Lanelle: A Mother's Tale of Resilience and Empowerment in Raising Three 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

5.0 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Imagine facing the challenges of parenting not one, but three young children with autism, each with their own unique set of needs and behaviors. Selena Lanelle, a brave mother and author, joins me to share her deeply moving story that stretches from the heartache of early autism signs in her twins to the complexities of navigating a world that often misunderstands non-verbal communication. With raw honesty, Selena recounts her family's journey through domest...

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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. Join us as our guests tell
0:20.2	us their stories. Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry.
0:26.2	Real life people who will inspire and show
0:31.6	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. Hi, I'm Tony Maitur. Welcome to Why Not Me The World. Joining us today is a mother of four, three which are artistic.
1:01.0	Selina Lenel has such a great story to tell us.
1:04.8	Thanks for coming on.
1:06.0	I am excited about the opportunity.
1:08.3	I pretty much want to express my whole,
1:11.3	my life actually revolves around autism.
1:14.3	Okay, so I understand you have three children that are autistic, one this neurotypical.
1:19.9	What's the ages of the autistic children that you have?
1:23.0	Five-year-old Giovanni and Sebastian,
1:27.6	their twins, identical twins, and then
1:31.2	Benjamin, who is three. Okay, so you have Benjamin, who is three.
1:33.0	Okay, so you have a daughter that's not autistic
1:38.0	and then you have twins that you find are.
1:42.0	What led you to believe that they might be autistic?
1:45.0	Well, before I had the kids, I had dated and married their father after three years, we got married and some of my friends had pointed out saying I think
1:56.0	your husband has autism and I didn't I was unfamiliar with autism okay they actually pulled up on the computer and said, look, and I started reading about it and I said, oh my goodness, he is autistic.
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