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The Autism Female Phenotype

Join Dr, Holmes as she interviews doctoral candidate, researcher, and clinician Will Carroll on the topic of Autism Female Phenotypes. The discussion includes why females may be missed and diagnoses females receive before a later autism identification. Will shares from his dissertation studies. Will will discuss a missed opportunity of research and that is information a sister can provide with insight in having a sister on the spectrum.

Will Carroll is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Georgia. He is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) at Liberty University. He earned his Master’s in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in 2012 and has been in private practice in Marietta, GA since that time. He enjoys outdoor activities including Obstacle Course Races and kayaking around the lakes and rivers of north Georgia. Originally from South Georgia, Will made his home in Cartersville, GA in 2008, with his wife, Shannon, and his three children. Will’s area of expertise is in the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder using varied techniques including innovative approaches such as Lego Therapy. His Ph.D. dissertation is on the unique qualities associated with women with Autism as seen from the perspective of their adult sisters.

Advocacy and Services Across the Life Span Part 2

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews Isleen Giminez Morales, JD in a two-part series on advocacy and legal issues and services across the Life Span. Talking points of the segments will include Education Rights and COVID Impact, Reducing Barriers to Employment for Individuals with Disabilities, and Other Legal/Advocacy Consideration Through the Life Span. These will include introductory discussions for parents and caregivers to consider such as early intervention, education planning, the transition to adulthood/aging (independent living, employment, transportation, financial planning). Whether a person in your life is newly diagnosed or an adult, Isleen shares information for consideration across the Life Span.

Isleen Gimenez Morales is an attorney by training, advocate at heart – a disabled veteran and mother to four children with special needs. She moved to Kansas City just 7 years ago to access a coordinated care clinic for one of her children who has medical complexities. Isleen understands both personally and professionally how challenging it can be to navigate resources for individuals with disabilities and the caregivers who serve them. Isleen has 14 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector reducing barriers to employment for employees with disabilities. She recently served as the Director of SpecialCare at HighPointe Financial Group where she helped individuals with disabilities and their caregivers develop financial special needs planning strategies and as the Assistant Director for Emma’s Place for Exceptional Children – once the only therapeutic childcare facility in Overland Park that served students K-12 throughout the KC metro.

Isleen founded Advocate at Heart (www.advocateatheart.com) to empower individuals with disabilities and their caregivers through education, strategic person-centered, strengths-based planning, and plan implementation in partnership with an extensive community-based resource network that Isleen has painstakingly identified and vetted herself with the help of many other special needs families in the community.

Isleen also serves on the board of directors for SOAR (www.soarspecialneeds.org), a nonprofit dedicated to helping the disabled community answer the questions of: will my special needs loved one be able to provide for himself/herself? What will happen to my loved one with special needs when I am gone? and Who will take care of me (the caregiver)? She currently is a trainee under Echo Autism (www.echoautism.org), expanding her commitment to better meet the needs of families/ caregivers particularly in the Autism community, and is a Leadership in Education for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program graduate from Kansas University Medical Center’s Center for Childhood Health and Development (CCHD) program. Isleen graduated with a double bachelor of sciences major with honors in both Japanese and Political Science as well as a Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa.

When not assisting individuals with disabilities and their families, Isleen is employed as an attorney at UnitedLex where she assists corporate counsel as part of the company’s legal team. She is conversationally fluent in Japanese and in Spanish. Isleen loves to cook and bake. She also enjoys master’s swimming and Latin dancing in her spare time.

Advocacy and Services Across the Life Span Part 1

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews Isleen Giminez Morales, JD in a two-part series on advocacy and legal issues and services across the Life Span. Talking points of the segments will include Education Rights and COVID Impact, Reducing Barriers to Employment for Individuals with Disabilities, and Other Legal/Advocacy Consideration Through the Life Span. These will include introductory discussions for parents and caregivers to consider such as early intervention, education planning, the transition to adulthood/aging (independent living, employment, transportation, financial planning). Whether a person in your life is newly diagnosed or an adult, Isleen shares information for consideration across the Life Span.

Isleen Gimenez Morales is an attorney by training, advocate at heart – a disabled veteran and mother to four children with special needs. She moved to Kansas City just 7 years ago to access a coordinated care clinic for one of her children who has medical complexities. Isleen understands both personally and professionally how challenging it can be to navigate resources for individuals with disabilities and the caregivers who serve them. Isleen has 14 years’ experience in the nonprofit sector reducing barriers to employment for employees with disabilities. She recently served as the Director of SpecialCare at HighPointe Financial Group where she helped individuals with disabilities and their caregivers develop financial special needs planning strategies and as the Assistant Director for Emma’s Place for Exceptional Children – once the only therapeutic childcare facility in Overland Park that served students K-12 throughout the KC metro.

Isleen founded Advocate at Heart (www.advocateatheart.com) to empower individuals with disabilities and their caregivers through education, strategic person-centered, strengths-based planning, and plan implementation in partnership with an extensive community-based resource network that Isleen has painstakingly identified and vetted herself with the help of many other special needs families in the community.

Isleen also serves on the board of directors for SOAR (www.soarspecialneeds.org), a nonprofit dedicated to helping the disabled community answer the questions of: will my special needs loved one be able to provide for himself/herself? What will happen to my loved one with special needs when I am gone? and Who will take care of me (the caregiver)? She currently is a trainee under Echo Autism (www.echoautism.org), expanding her commitment to better meet the needs of families/ caregivers particularly in the Autism community, and is a Leadership in Education for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program graduate from Kansas University Medical Center’s Center for Childhood Health and Development (CCHD) program. Isleen graduated with a double bachelor of sciences major with honors in both Japanese and Political Science as well as a Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa.

When not assisting individuals with disabilities and their families, Isleen is employed as an attorney at UnitedLex where she assists corporate counsel as part of the company’s legal team. She is conversationally fluent in Japanese and in Spanish. Isleen loves to cook and bake. She also enjoys master’s swimming and Latin dancing in her spare time.

Special Needs Fitness: Shapes Body and Mind

Join Dr. Holmes as she discusses the importance of physical fitness for the special needs population. She will be interviewing Tony D’Orazio about his organization Jacob’s Ladder Fitness and his journey of fathering Jake which he calls “down right joy.” Jakes’s interest in physical fitness helped with the passion to start Jacob’s Ladder fitness. Tony will share how physical fitness and a place/community to help shape an individual physically, mentally, and even spiritually through building a sense of purpose and belonging.

Tony is a graduate of Ohio Northern University. His training and career include working in child care as well as working with disadvantaged and challenged adolescent boys as a case manager of a group home. He has had a successful 25-year business career as a major account executive for a national disability and workers compensation organization. He is the founder of Jacob’s Ladder Special Needs Fitness in 2011 for the purpose of providing exercise and fitness for those with special needs shaping physical, spiritual, and mental health.

He is the father of three, and lives in Ohio with his wife, Karen, and son Jake, who brings “down right joy.” He is the author of the soon to be released book this year, “Down Right Joy!”

Find out more about Jacob’s Ladder Fitness at https://jacobsladderfitness.com/

Ableism vs. Empowerment

Join Dr. Stephanie C. Holmes as she discusses the important differences between ableism and empowerment. She will talk through some of the stigma associated with autism. Beginning with a brief history of the different beliefs and clinical research about autism and discussing the theories and models of disabilities- both of which added to a negative stigma of disabled persons or persons with differences or delays such as those on the autism spectrum. She will discuss the importance of empowerment and partnering with the individual to create strategies and options and choice that are meaningful to the person and challenge you to assess if you have a hidden bias or belief in ableism- or belief that being abled or “normal” is superior to others with disabilities or differences.

You can find out more about her at www.HolmesASR.com.

She is offering a 25% discount on her DVD series Moving Beyond Surviving to Thriving and Teens on the Spectrum if you mention this podcast and reach out to her at dr.stephanie@HolmesASR.com.

Dr. Holmes is a professional counselor and educator and advocate, but her real credentials come from being a mother of an exceptional young lady on the spectrum who is also interviewed on Converge Autism Radio, Sydney.

She is developing a training course for clinicians to work with NeuroDiverse couples who are also faith-based coming in 2021.

The Impact of Inclusion

Join Dr. Holmes and Dr. Dyer as they discuss the impact of inclusion on students on the spectrum and their families. Dr. Dyer said that the biggest barrier to inclusion is attitude and willingness to adapt and make changes needed for all students to be included and successful. Dr. Holmes and Dr. Dyer discuss social skill needs at different levels of the school process and transitioning to college.

Dr. Rebekah Dyer is a professor in the college of education at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ. The courses that she teaches focus on special education. She is the faculty advisor for two clubs on campus; Best Buddies and Canyon Inclusive. Both clubs focus on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Her dissertation research focused on the inclusion of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in disability ministry programs. She presented her research at an International Autism Conference in Nanjing, China. Dr. Dyer is passionate about special education, specifically the inclusion of individuals with disabilities.

Autism: Growth & Transitioning to Adulthood

Join Dr. Holmes as she discusses autism and transition in adulthood. Ron Sandison shared, “85% of people on the autism spectrum with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics are unemployed or significantly underemployed. The underutilization of this population and lost productivity equates to over $265 billion a year. Ironically by the year 2021, there will be over a million unfilled positions in science, technology, engineering, mathematics” and the US is not filling these positions with capable, educated persons on the autism spectrum.
Ron is passionate about adults on the spectrum have fulfilling lives and issues adults may face include employment, developing relationships, dating, transitions, and leaving home as well as healthcare.

Ron Sandison works full time in the mental health field. He is an advisory board
member of the Art of Autism and the Els Center of Excellence. Sandison has a Master of
Divinity from Oral Roberts University and is the author of A Parent’s Guide to Autism. He
is the founder of Spectrum Inclusion which empowers young people with autism for
employment. Sandison speaks at over 70 events a year including 20 plus education
conferences. Ron and his wife, Kristen, reside in Rochester Hills, MI, with their daughter,
Makayla.
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sandison456@hotmail.com.
https://www.spectruminclusion.com
https://www.facebook.com/SpectrumRonSandison

Off the Crutch with Travis Davis

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews Travis Davis and they discuss the importance of self-advocacy in the disabled population and the importance of role models.

Travis Davis is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was born with cerebral palsy. Disability advocacy is important to him and uses his voice to promote awareness through his podcast, “Off The Crutch Podcast”. Travis studied undergrad at Azusa Pacific University and received a Masters of Adapted Physical Education from the University of New Mexico.

https://www.offthecrutch.com/

Buddy Training Builds Inclusion & Understanding

Join Dr. Holmes as she interviews and converses with Dr. Hunsley, known as “Doc” about everyone deserves a seat at the table and every aspect of society and community, especially the faith community, should be inclusive and aware of people with differences. “Doc” has developed an excellent buddy training program for providing support to individuals with needs, from childhood to adulthood. Experience is not necessary for this buddy training but a willingness to learn and grow and be teachable about supporting individuals is the attitude in creative and inclusive ways is a must. Dr. Holmes and “Doc’ will discuss the importance of inclusive and how to train volunteers for the best inclusive practices for various settings.

Stephen “Doc” Hunsley, M.D. is the Executive Director and founder of SOAR Special Needs in Overland Park, Kansas. SOAR (Special Opportunities, Abilities, and Relationships) serves over 900 individuals with special needs through regular respite events and a Special Needs Day Camp. Doc founded and leads the Kansas City Special Needs Ministries Network, for area church leaders. Doc also organizes the Wonderfully Made Conference held annually every October in Kansas City. Prior to creating SOAR as an independent 501(c)3, Doc created the Special Needs Ministry at Grace Church in Overland Park and Olathe, Kansas, and served as the special needs pastor. Before this, Doc was a children’s pastor. Doc is a retired pediatrician while his wife, Kay, continues practicing pediatrics. They are proud parents to three beautiful children: Luke, Mark, and Sarah. The Hunsley’s middle child, Mark, is presently running the halls of heaven. During Mark’s five-year earthly stay, he gave his family the opportunity to learn from and love a child with autism. You can follow SOAR on Facebook or Connect with Doc on Twitter: @DocHunsley.
SOARSpecialNeeds.org
Wonderfully Made Conference and the entire Buddy Training talked about today can be found at https://www.wonderfullymadekc.com/ and will available until fall of 2021. You can also find this training at https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7iMiO3bZpJk&ab_channel=SOARSpecialNeeds

Families Affected by Trauma

Join Dr. Holmes as she discusses families of special needs and the effects of trauma. She will focus on recognizing trauma, working through trauma, and building resilience in individuals and families affected by trauma. They will discuss different language and definitions of trauma as it may pertain to the families with special needs.

Michelle M. Maris, M.A. is an educator, trainer, consultant, pastor, and developmental therapist with over 30 years of experience working with children and families. Her focus is on children with developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, and those affected by trauma. Michelle has taught at the College level for over 10 years. She is a wife and mother that happily lives in 10 wooded areas surrounded by cornfields in central Illinois.
She can be contacted at MMaris@eastview.church

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