Today’s Special

Summer again, and time to load up the family car and hit the road for fun times and sunshine-y afternoons. Unless you’ve got an autistic kid like Alex, when the good times can become more work than they’re worth and you start to envy those who can just pack ‘n’ go. Jill and Jeff discuss plans for special-needs summer fun.

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In this very special cast, Alex’s typically-developing little brother Ned, 7, offers his insights into what life is like with Alex, and, perhaps more important, what he thinks that life will be like in the future. 

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As 2007 ends, Jill and Jeff look back at Alex’s accomplishments through the year — overnight camp for a week, eating bananas and drinking milk, among others — and look at what they’d like to see happen for him in 2008.

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Holidays mean special times: dinners, presents, heartwarming moments with family and friends that can in turn can mean sheer exhaustion when Alex gets rambunctious. Jill and Jeff share some of their experiences from past years, strategies for this year, and gift ideas for their autistic son. (Sneak away and listen in if you get sick of your family over Thanksgiving weekend.) This podcast is now available in our archives.

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