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

TPP 268: Global Advocate Morénike Giwa Onaiwu on Intersectional Justice in the Neurodivergent Community

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

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Global advocate, educator, disabled person of color, non-binary woman, and parent of children on the autism spectrum Morénike Giwa Onaiwu talks about the intersectionality of gender, race, and neurodivergence, her own autism diagnosis as an adult, and more.  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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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

0:14.8

others?

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0:30.7

like that. Through its innovative approach that aims to empower students, families, educators, and professionals

0:36.3

to create positive, effective, and collaborative learning experiences.

0:40.2

Be a part of shaping a brighter future for your child.

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Visit W.

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BGS.ed. E.d. you to learn more about what a strength-based assessment could mean for your family.

0:51.0

That's BGS.

0:52.0

E.d. you. family. That's BGS. Edu. The more intersectional identities that you have that are

0:56.8

marginalized so the more like if you look at race, gender, and disability the more

1:01.4

that they intersect the more likely it is that there's going to be

1:04.3

suboptimal outcomes.

1:05.7

You're going to look at the likelihood

1:07.9

that that person is going to have the same type

1:10.0

of educational attainment as someone who isn't that race or isn't that gender or both is

1:15.9

different. The likelihood that they're going to be a homeowner or they're going to not be in the

1:20.2

criminal justice system or all of the different you know markers social

1:24.4

determinants tend to be at higher risk.

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