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Real Talk with Tina and Ann
Tina and Ann met as journalists covering a capital murder trial, 15 years ago. Tina has been a tv and radio personality and has three children. Ann has a master's in counseling and has worked in the jail system, was a director of a battered woman's shelter/rape crisis center, worked as an assistant director at a school for children with autism, worked with abused kids and is currently raising her three children who have autism. She also is autistic and was told would not graduate high school, but as you can see, she has accomplished so much more. The duo share their stories of overcoming and interview people who are making it, despite what has happened. This is more than just two moms sharing their lives. This is two women who have overcome some of life's hardest obstacles. Join us every Wednesday as we go through life's journey together. There is purpose in the pain and hope in the journey.
Real Talk with Tina and Ann
Latest Episodes
Understanding Changes Everything: FASD is More than a Brain Based Disability with Patti Kasper and host Ann Kagarise
We talk with Patti Kasper about seeing FASD through the wildflower brain metaphor and what changes when we focus on the brain, body, and environment instead of judging behavior. We dig into masking, stress responses, and real-world supports tha...
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When Trying Harder Isn't Enough: FASD Is More Than a Brain-Based Disability — Part 1
People love to label FASD as “behavior” or “motivation,” but that story falls apart the minute you listen to someone living it. Ann sits down with Patricia “Patti” Kasper, author of 4D Living With FASD: Shared Voices, Clear Understanding, for a...
How To Help Kids Understand Dementia With Less Fear
Memory loss can feel like it steals the person you love while they are still sitting right in front of you. For Tina, that isn’t theoretical; her mom’s early onset Alzheimer’s has reshaped their whole family, including three kids with three ver...
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Our Kids Belong Here: A Conversation for Families and the Systems That Serve Neurodivergent Kids | Part 2
Temple Grandin endorsed Katie's Book: Your Kids Belong HereYour child isn’t “too much,” they’re navigating a world that keeps narrowing what counts as normal. We sit down again with author and law professor Katie Rose Pryal to talk about...
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Your Kid Belongs Here: Neurodivergence, Parenting, and the Right to Belong with Katie Rose Pryal
Your Kid Belongs Here: Neurodivergence, Parenting, and the Right to Belong with Katie Rose PryalWhat if the problem isn't that neurodivergent children don't fit into the world, but that the world hasn't made enough room for them?T...
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