Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpilepsy, Autism & the Hidden Layer with Natalie Boehm
Episode 82
David welcomes Natalie Boehm, founder of the Defeating Epilepsy Foundation. Boehm shares her epilepsy history beginning at age two after a traumatic …
14 hours ago
Autism, Trauma & Finding Support with Stephen Laine
Episode 81
David welcomes Stephen Laine, an autism advocate and writer, to discuss how trauma often intersects with autism through repeated distressing experien…
1 week, 1 day ago
Binocular Vision and Neuroplasticity with Denise Allen
Episode 80
David welcomes Denise Allen of the Healing Our Sight podcast to discuss binocular vision, strabismus, and how vision is more than 20/20 acuity. Allen…
1 week, 3 days ago
Trust Your Gut and Ask Better Questions: Angela Akers-Castro
Episode 79
David welcomes Angela Akers-Castro to The Lighter Side of the Spectrum to discuss raising her son Miles, diagnosed with autism at age five after she …
3 weeks ago
Antigone Oreopoulos: Rethinking Autism Through a Sensory-Motor Lens with Dr. Antigone Oreopoulos
Episode 78
David welcomes Dr. Antigone Oreopoulos, an Edmonton-based physiotherapist, researcher, and mom of an 11-year-old non-speaking autistic son who commun…
4 weeks ago
Brandon Boyd: Grief, Connection & Communication Beyond Speech
Episode 77
David welcomes Brandon Boyd to The Lighter Side of the Spectrum for a father-to-father conversation about parenting a disabled child, grieving the im…
1 month ago
Challenging ASHA with Jeanette Benigas
Episode 76
Guest Dr. Jeanette Benigas, SLP and founder of FixSLP, describes ASHA as a membership association with no legal authority, arguing it maintains power…
1 month, 1 week ago
Dan Feshbach on Multiple’s Mission
Episode 75
David welcomes Dan Feshbach, founder and board chair of Multiple, a nonprofit autism innovation platform connecting families, entrepreneurs, funders,…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Gary Stobbe on Adult Autism Care & More
Episode 74
David welcomes neurologist Dr. Gary Stobbe, director of the University of Washington Medicine Adult Autism Clinic and Adult Transition Services at Se…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Disability Rights Under Pressure: Olmstead, Medicaid & More
Episode 73
David and producer Dave Yas discuss interconnected developments they see as threatening disability rights: a recent DOJ opinion reinterpreting Olmste…
1 month, 4 weeks ago