TPP 036: A Conversation with 12-year-old Asher About Diagnoses, Labels, and Stigmas

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this special kid’s POV edition, 12-year-old Asher talks with Debbie about the topic of diagnoses, labels, and the negative stigmas associated with different diagnoses. Connect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired.
0:07.0	Are they also struggling in their current educational setting, seen only for what they're doing wrong, while longing for positive relationships with peers and others?
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0:51.0	That's BGS.
0:52.0	E.D.U. The reason I believe that labels are important in this case is
0:58.7	because if we don't talk about them and we don't use the labels then those labels can continue to be
1:06.0	stigmatized right?
1:07.6	Yeah exactly.
1:08.6	If we think ADHD is a bad word.
1:11.8	If you think you should cover up ADHD then you're making it seem bad.
1:17.0	Welcome to Tilt Parenting a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents
1:24.3	raising differently wired kids.
1:26.3	I'm your host Debbie Reber and today's episode is a special kids POB episode with my 12-year-old child
1:31.9	Asher. Today we're talking about diagnoses, labels, and
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