• Season 2 Episode 49: Interview With Maureen Welch With Navigating Disability Colorado
    Feb 9 2026

    In this episode, we continue our conversation about accessing government disability benefits. In today’s interview, we talk with Maureen Welch, founder of Navigating Disability Colorado. Together we examine the complex process of accessing Medicaid waivers.

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    51 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 48: Accessing Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
    Jan 26 2026

    With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act, it can be difficult to plan for health care costs when you have a disability. In our interview with Richard Burk and Amy Woszczynski, Social Security Disability Determination Examiners for the State of Colorado, we explore the different aspects of accessing Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

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    1 Std. und 10 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 47: Interview with Lindsay Wagner and Amy Faraone from the League School For Autism
    Jan 12 2026

    In our second of two episodes focusing on innovative schools that support life after high school for neurodiverse students, we interview Lindsay Wagner and Amy Faraone about the League School for Autism in Walpole, Massachusetts. They explain how they prepare students for independent living by helping students build self-advocacy strategies and through their innovative community-based vocational program.

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    1 Std. und 10 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 46: Interview with Jared Stewart and Scott Wood with ScenicView Academy
    Dec 29 2025

    There are several schools across the nation that are dedicated to educating neurodiverse students; a few of them address life after high school. One such innovative program in Utah is Scenic View Academy. This on-campus school creates living and working environments that supports students in developing life skills and executive functioning skills that will help them to live independently as adults.

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    38 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 45: Interview with Kara Fenton, Clinical Researcher at CU Anschutz Medical Campus
    Dec 15 2025

    As we continue to explore the connections between ADHD and autism, we interview Kara Fenton, Clinical Research Coordinator, at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She describes her own significant struggles and strategies with living independently given her ADHD diagnosis as an adult. In our post interview reflection, we talk about the parallels between the executive functioning challenges for those with ADHD and those with autism.

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    1 Std. und 33 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 44: Interview with Brandon Slade of Untapped Learning
    Dec 1 2025

    Many people with autism struggle with executive functioning throughout their lives. Today we interview Brandon Slade, founder of Untapped Learning, as he describes how those with ADHD and autism can manage their executive functioning challenges. Brandon shares his firm belief that neurodiversity is a gift rather than as an obstacle to success.

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    1 Std. und 26 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 43: Autism and Mental Health: The Healthy Deviant (Part 2)
    Nov 19 2025

    In Part 2 of our review of the book The Healthy Deviant by Pilar Gerasimo, we examine the remedies, solutions and strategies that will help create a healthy and productive lifestyle that supports the mental health for those on the spectrum.

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    2 Std. und 12 Min.
  • Season 2 Episode 42: Autism and Mental Health: The Healthy Deviant Book Review (Part 1)
    Oct 31 2025

    In our last of our four part series on autism and mental health, we review the book The Healthy Deviant by Pilar Gerasimo. Gerasimo addresses the unhealthy world we live in and offers advice on how to create a healthy and productive lifestyle. We explore how this approach can have a positive impact on one’s physical and mental health for those with autism.

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    2 Std. und 19 Min.