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Hey, it's Debbie. For the month of October, I'll be sharing some of my favorite past episodes relating

to all things tech and screens. So every Friday this

month, you'll find an episode on your full Tilt Parenting feed on topics like gaming,

internet rabbit holes, and navigating screen time. So if your child's relationship with technology

is something you're grappling with, these are for you. I'm Debbie Rieber and welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring

interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, supporting, and informing parents raising

differently wired kids. Many of our kids spend a lot of time engaging on screens and with technology.

And I don't know about you, but for me, it feels like this is an

ever-changing and fast-changing landscape and one that can be hard to stay on top of. Whether we're

talking about assistive technology, videos, games, or social media, these forms of media continue to

offer new ways of interacting, developing relationships, and even

exploring identity. And this has added to the complexity of raising neurodivergent kids.

So I invited Dr. Mero Alper, a researcher on the social and cultural implications of communication

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