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Brought to you by Gloria Perez-Walker, parent of a teenager with autism, disability advocate, and a community organizer. Perez-Walker interviews parents, advocates, and attorneys and also includes experts with general areas of interest to parents: special education, special needs planning and general disability information.
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Interview with Jennifer Griffith, CARD - May 14,2012 | The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) is one of the world’s largest and most successful organizations treating children with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, PDD-NOS, and related disorders using state-of-the-art therapy. CARD treats autism using the principles and procedures of applied behavior analysis which has been empirically proven to be the most effective method for treating individuals with autism. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Kristina Chew - Jun 20,2011 | Kristina Chew is a Classics professor; mother of a teenage son, Charlie, who’s on the moderate to severe end of the autism spectrum. She is also a translator and teacher of Latin and ancient Greek; a blogger, formerly at My Son Has Autism/Autismland (2006-2008), Autism Vox (2006-08) and Change.org (2008-09) and now at We Go With Him; happily married to cultural historian James T. Fisher. She also blogs on education, disability issues, and health policy at Care2.com and is currently writing a book about life on the long road with Charlie and translating Pindar’s Odes. | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Janet Grillo, director and producer, Fly Away - Jun 19,2011 | Janet Grillo is an Emmy Award winning producer, an Award winning writer and director, and a former Studio Executive. In 2007, Janet was Executive Producer of the esteemed documentary AUTISM: THE MUSICAL, with Bunim Murray Productions, which premiered on HBO in March, 2008. A frequent blogger for The Huffington Post, Janet is also an Autism Advocacy activist. The mother of a son on the Autism Spectrum, she served as a Board Member of Cure Autism Now, which merged with Autism Speaks in 2007. She currently resides in Los Angeles. | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kathryn Burke, author of "Accidental Advocate" - Apr 28,2011 | Kathryn Burke is the creator of LD Experience. She is married with two children; her eldest son is a gifted teenager with learning disabilities, ADHD and other health challenges. An active volunteer and education advocate, Kathryn has been honored for volunteer activities with children at risk, including citations from the Government of Canada. She has recently released a book entitled, An Accidental Advocate. It chronicles the journey of advocacy for her son, affected by learning disabilities, ADHD and other health issues. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Joann Collins - Feb 03,2011 | I interview Joann Collins, author of Disability Deception and mother of two adult children with disabilities. Joann's style is one I admire and we talk about her honesty about relationships schools have with parents. You can find her at www.disabilitydeception.com. | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Dennise Goldberg - Jan 31,2011 | I interview Dennise Goldberg, of IEP Advocates in LA. Dennise is a parent of a child with special needs and a special education advocate, in addition to the being the founder of an online network for parents of special needs. You can catch Dennise at www.theiepadvocates.com or www.specialeducationadvisor.com. | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Jeff Garrison-Tate and Shane Walker - Jan 22,2011 | I interview Jeff Garrison-Tate and Shane Walker regarding the upcoming film screening of "Forgotten Lives" on January 24, 2011. | 1/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Joan Scoggin - Dec 06,2010 | Gloria interviews Joan Scoggin, parent advocate in Illinois. Joan talks about her top tips for parents. | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Kim Stagliano - Nov 22,2010 | Gloria interviews Kim Stagliano, author of "All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa", a humorous account of raising 3 girls with autism. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Sandee Winkelman - Nov 04,2010 | Sandee Winkelman's son's case made headlines when she sued her district for private placement. Her case went to the Supreme Court and made even more headlines when a court said that parents could not represent their children in court. Winkelman tells her story, the results of her son's case, and what parents need to remember when working within special ed systems. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Joan Altobelli - Nov 03,2010 | Gloria interviews Joan Altobelli, former special ed director for two school districts. Joan gives tips for parents and also tells you what administrators are REALLY thinking as they sit in on your child's IEP meeting. | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Amalia Starr - Oct 19,2010 | Amalia Starr is the author of Raising Brandon and is an autism expert and consultant. She can be found at www.amaliastarrspeakerautism.com. | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Carlota Garcia - Oct 14,2010 | Gloria interviews Carlota Garcia, community organizer and leader within Austin Interfaith. Show covers an understanding of power in communities, developing a network for your child, and more. | 10/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Kelly Hetzer - Oct 12,2010 | Kelly is a fellow advocate with me at Cirkiel and Associates Law Firm and is a former special ed teacher. We talk RTI, assessments, and IEEs. | 10/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Robin Rettie - Oct 07,2010 | Robin Rettie is a special education advocate working in the Houston, Texas area. Robin came to advocacy through her work as an educator and through the death of her sister, who had a disability, while living at the (infamous) Willowbrook State School in the 60s. Robin talks about her current organizing efforts and what parents can do now within their local districts. | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Deb Liva, Special Ed Advocate - Oct 05,2010 | Gloria interviews Deb Liva, a special education advocate in Texas. Deb is the founder of In Children's Best Interest and has been working as an advocate and paralegal for over a decade. Deb has a history of assisting parents and lawyers in due process experience. | 10/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with David Beinke, Special Ed Marine - Sep 30,2010 | Gloria interviews David Beinke, advocate for over 30 years. David gives tips on transition planning, his "Texas Two-Step", independent evaluations, and more. | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Stacy Milbern - Sep 28,2010 | Stacey Milbern lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina and is currently serving as Community Outreach Director for the National Youth Leadership Network. As Community Outreach Director, she gets to build power and community with other disabled youth. Stacey identifies as a powerchair-roaring, queer, disabled woman of color. Her experience living at the intersections of these communities greatly shapes the way she see the world. Some of Stacey’s past organizing experience includes: co-founding the Disabled Young People’s Collective, working to pass a bill that requires public schools to teach disability history, and co-hosting trainings around topics of youth power, people of color organizing, and disability justice. This interview focused on a curriculum (Reap What You Sow) that Stacey has developed on disability, her transition into independent living, the process that parents take in separating from their children with disabilities, how you can't teach disability advocacy without having hard conversations about race/power/oppression. | 9/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Liz Ditz - Sep 23,2010 | Liz Ditz is my friend from Twitter! (Do you know how AWESOME it is to connect with others on topics that really interest you???) Liz is a California mother of an adult child, now in college, who has learning disabilities. She has a private practice working with children in kindergarten-3rd grade providing remediation in handwriting, reading, and early math skills. She is a strong advocate of evidence-based interventions and remediations for the challenges children face. Her latest project is "The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism", a blog, website and book for parents and professionals. Our interview went ALL over, from RTI to parent circles to reading and math evidence-based interventions. Liz has a wealth of knowledge for parents that is apparent in our interview. | 9/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Ronnie Schleiss, Parent Advocate - Sep 21,2010 | Gloria interviews one of her mentors and the parent who took her under her wing when her son was first diagnosed with autism. Ronnie Schleiss sued her local school district, has been instrumental in organizing parents and affecting policy change and can tell parents how to do it. In addition, Ronnie is now active in adult transition issues that affect families who are caretakers of persons with disabilities. | 9/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Nagla Moussa - Sep 19,2010 | Interview with Nagla Moussa, president of National Autism Association of North Texas. | 9/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Jeff Garrison-Tate of Community Now! - Sep 18,2010 | Community Now! is a Texas-based nonprofit that assists people with disabilities in leaving state institutions so that they may live into their communities. Some facts: Texas has more institutions than any other state. Currently, Texas institutionalizes more people with disabilities than New York state and California combined. · About 4500 adults and children are warehoused in 13 state institutions. · Texas has more children in institutions than any other state. · The Department of Justice has entered a settlement agreement with Texas and continues to monitor the institutions for numerous civil rights violations. · It costs more than twice as much tax-payer dollars to warehouse people in institutions compared to community-based services. · In Texas, state institutions for people with Intellectual and other Developmental Disabilities are titled “State Supported Living Centers.” This messaging is a misrepresentation. These places congregate large numbers of people with disabilities, often against their wishes to live in the community. | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview with Melanie Watson, Legal Advocate - Sep 09,2010 | Gloria interviews Melanie Watson, parent advocate. Some highlights from the show include: "If I had a nickel for everytime I heard how 'shocked and horrified' a district was over something that happened", the dynamics of an IEP meeting, how single parents are treated differently, and what technology devices you need in your purse/briefcase/pocket when you attend your child's school meetings. | 9/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Interview With Jill Ramirez - Sep 06,2010 | Interview with parent advocate, autism expert, and bilingual speech pathologist Jill Ramirez. Interview includes conducting an IEP meeting as a business meeting, the grief process, Medicaid waivers, the intermingling of bilingual/special ed, support for Spanish speaking families, what Michael Dell told her that parents need to focus on in prepping our kids for the workforce (and how to put this in your child's IEP), and her company that focuses on cultural and linguistic competence for Spanish speaking families, Luz. | 9/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special Ed For Busy Parents September 3, 2010 - Sep 05,2010 | Quick tips from Gloria on your child's BIP (behavior intervention plan) and how it's related to systemic issues. | 9/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
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