Ep. 7 - Parenting & Autism (with Maddy Dever)

Autistic Tidbits & Tangents

Ep. 7 - Parenting & Autism (with Maddy Dever) - In this episode, we discuss topics like competing needs, matching vs mismatched profiles in the home, the need for patience, challenges as a disabled parent, and the need to put on your own (metaphorical) oxygen mask before helping others.

GUEST BIO: Maddy Dever (they/them) is a non-binary, wheelchair user with a spinal cord injury and an Autistic adult and parent of five children with four also on the Autistic spectrum living in Carleton Place in rural Eastern Ontario. Maddy advocates with both provincial and federal governments for inclusion and acceptance of Autistic individuals and other people with disabilities and for people with disabilities to have their own voice in policy decisions.

Maddy is a former member of the Ontario Autism Program Advisory Panel and the Ontario Autism Program Implementation Working group and a current member of the Ontario Children's Mental Health ASD Working Group. Maddy is the President of Autistic Bridge Inc, and is the Vice Co-Chair of Autism Alliance Canada (formerly known as CASDA) and a director on the board of ConnectWell Community Health.

Maddy is also the co-host of their new podcasts The Autistic Rambler and Above & Beyond - The Accessibility & Inclusion Podcast.

Maddy is also a voracious reader and supporter of YA lit, and is known to be lost for days in new YA worlds.

Thing of the Day: How to Parent Like an Autistic by Kelly Bron Johnson (book) and an article by Kelly here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/authentically-autistic-like-mother-like-son_b_5775716

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Autistic Tidbits & Tangents is a biweekly podcast, co-hosted by Kara Dymond & Maja Toudal, centered around topics relevant to autism and the lives of autistic people. We are both autistic professionals with a passion for broadening and advancing accessibility for autistic people and understanding of autism and neurodiversity. We approach our work with the combination of our personal and professional experiences.

Episodes can be found on Spotify, Anchor, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and with video on YouTube.

Maja's Social Media: www.majatoudal.com / YouTube - An Autistic Psychologist / Facebook - @majatoudal / Twitter - @majatoudal / Instagram - @majatoudal

Kara's Social Media: www.karadymond.com / YouTube - Dr. Kara Dymond / Facebook - @drkaradymond / Twitter - @drkaradymond / Instagram - @drkaradymond

Maddy's Social Media: Facebook - @autisticrambler / Twitter - @mattjdever / Instagram - @mattjdever

SPECIAL THANKS:

-Theme composed by Bruce Petherick

-Today's guest, Maddy Dever