Episode 302: Connection Before Correction: Autism Understanding & Support

"Rewards and consequences may help you get short-term compliance, but they have not solved any problems."

ADHD, Autism, Counseling, Education, Neurodiversity, ParentingDave MorrisJanuary 22, 2026neurodiversity, autism, PDA, counseling, education, parenting

Episode 301: Parenting the Child You Have (Not the One You Expected)

Enabling is doing something for someone else without a plan to help them do it for themselves.

ADHD, Autism, Counseling, Education, Emotional Regulation, Executive Functioning, Neurodiversity, Oppositional Defiant, ParentingDave MorrisJanuary 16, 2026autism, adhd, cindy goldrich, neurodiversity, ODD, executive functioning

Episode 295: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging

What does inclusion look like when it’s more than a philosophy… when it’s actually lived out in classrooms, in teams, and in the everyday moments where students decide whether they belong?

ADHD, Autism, Education, NeurodiversityDave MorrisNovember 25, 2025inclusion, education, tim villegas, inclusiveness, neurodiversity, ADHD, autism

Episode 292: Presuming Competence: A Nonspeaking Person Finds His Voice

For many nonspeaking autistic people, communication isn’t a matter of language or intelligence, it’s a matter of access.

Autism, Education, Neurodiversity, ParentingDave MorrisOctober 23, 2025nonspeaking, autism, Viraj Dhanda, Sumit Dhanda, intelligence, communication, apraxia, technology, education

Episode 290: Building Henry's Classroom: An Advocacy Master Class

When families enter the world of special education, they’re often told it’s built to protect and support students, but too often, it’s a maze that leaves parents exhausted, isolated, and fighting to be heard.

Autism, Education, Homeschooling, Neurodiversity, ParentingDave MorrisOctober 9, 2025amy mackin, education, neurodiversity, autism, parenting, homeschooling

Episode 284: Finding Magic in Neurodiversity and Vice Versa

For many autistic kids, special interests are more than hobbies, they’re lifelines.

Autism, Creativity, NeurodiversityDave MorrisAugust 29, 2025codyclarkmagic, cody clark, magic, autism, neurodiversity, special interests

Episode 277: Why Do We Still Debate Overexcitabilities?

When people hear the phrase ‘positive disintegration,’ it can sound a little confusing—even like a contradiction.

Autism, Education, Emotional Regulation, Gifted, Overexcitabilities, Parenting, NeurodiversityDave MorrisJune 26, 2025positive disintegration, overexcitability, overexcitabilities, Dabrowski, gifted, giftedness, emotional intensity

Episode 276: Love on the Spectrum's Kaelynn Partlow on Autism, Advocacy, and Acceptance

The neurodiversity movement has opened doors for understanding and acceptance - but what happens when some voices still get left out?

Autism, Counseling, Declarative Language, NeurodiversityDave MorrisJune 18, 2025autism, neurodiversity, autism advocacy, Kaelynn Partlow, ABA therapy, declarative language, parenting, counseling

Episode 275: Understanding Yourself: A Process for Finding the Person Inside

When a child gets a diagnosis of a neurodivergence, how do we help them understand what it means?

ADHD, Anxiety, Assessment, Autism, Counseling, Neurodiversity, Parenting, Self-AdvocacyDave MorrisJune 12, 2025neurodiversity, self-understanding, self-care, self-advocacy, assessment, parenting, counseling

Episode 274: Beyond Buzzwords: Rethinking Our Neurodiversity Discourse

The word “neurodiversity” is showing up more and more in classrooms, therapy offices, and advocacy circles—but what does it actually mean?

Autism, Education, Parenting, PDADave MorrisJune 5, 2025autism, neurodiversity, biodiversity, social model of disability

Episode 273: Dietary Difficulty: Fueling the Neurodivergent Brain

Eating can be far more complicated than it seems on the surface.

ADHD, Autism, nutrition, Executive Functioning, Neurodiversity, ParentingDave MorrisMay 29, 2025nutrition, ADHD, autism, sensory differences, interoception, executive functioning, disordered eating

Episode 271: Flashback: Autism + ADHD = AuDHD

Have you ever heard the term AuDHD? Unless you're really into the online neurodiversity community, it might be new to you.

ADHD, Autism, Counseling, Education, Emotional Regulation, NeurodiversityDave MorrisMay 14, 2025audhd, autism, counseling, education

Episode 270: Is It PDA? Demand Avoidance in the Context of Autism

When a child avoids even the simplest requests, it can look like defiance - but sometimes, it’s something deeper.

Assessment, Autism, Counseling, Education, Emotional Regulation, Parenting, PDA, Oppositional Defiant, TestingDave MorrisMay 8, 2025PDA, Pathological Demand Avoidance, autism, education, parenting, diagnosis, assessment

Episode 269: Authenticity: Belonging vs Fitting In

Chris Wenger - better known as Speech Dude - has a way of making people stop scrolling and start thinking differently about how we support neurodivergent learners.