Episode 38: Parents of HS Students, Don't Be Panicked, Be Informed
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ADHD, Autism, And Anxiety: Breaking Out of The Box
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What is the guest’s background and why is she on the show?
Hello everyone and welcome to this episode of ADHD Autism and Anxiety Breaking Out of the Box. I have with me today a guest who has helped her son break out of any box that someone might have tried to put him in. And she has got a success story to tell us as well as um what she's learned along the way and how she's sharing that with others. So Carol Waldman, welcome to the show.
Thanks, uh Noreen. It's very it's great to be here. I I'm honored to be a guest on your show.
Oh. Well you're so very kind. Tell our listeners a little bit about your story with your son And then after that I am gonna ask you about what you've created for other families. Um so Tell us your story.
Sure. So um I have three um now young adults, but um Andrew is my oldest and he's twenty four years old. Um when he was around three we took him to the Pediatrician for his checkup and he wasn't Jumping or answering questions, so the doctor said you know, why don't we go check to see if he has any type of developmental delays, um, or speech delays. Anyway, we went to um a developmental pediatrician. Who said, you know, he has definitely developmental delays and gross motor and language skills. Let's, you know, get him some extra support, even gymnastics, uh, physical therapy, eventually speech. He was at a preschool, um, doing well but not really interacting with kids like he was doing what they call parallel play, but there's no diagnosis of autism.
Um until we had an IEP for that for kindergarten. And um after they did The educational testing he was diagnosed to be on the autism spectrum disorder. And You know, at that time We didn't know anything about it, what what what we were going to do. Um, he ended up going to kindergarten. And um he got some support services there like occupational therapies, some speech, but we continued privately. Um at that time insurance didn't really cover all these types of therapies. But we kept um encouraging him to go to school and he kept you know, he went through elementary school, middle school, high school. Um and eventually um you know he always wanted to go to college and um he went to the University of Wisconsin Madison and graduated in twenty twenty four.
And has had um a number of internships and is traveled and Um, like many young adults is um who graduated college are you know is looking for a job. Um And there are many, you know, when I look back there are many, many um The things that really helped us throughout the way, you know, whether it could be his temple, our religion, we're we're Jewish, whether it was like Summer camps or You know. uh the the temple itself or youth group, so I can go into any of that. He played basketball. I mean, there were lots of challenges and lots of successes along the way. So that's where we are. He's the oldest of three kids, by the way. Um Yeah.
It's wonderful. It is a great, great story. Um I Love especially that he went across the country um for college. Now Back up for a minute. What supports did your child and we know this is also individual, right? So we're not trying to draw any generalizations, but what supports did he need? Because of His autism was throughout middle and high school? What supports were in place that helped him to grow and become the person and the student he is?
Um, well beginning in elementary school they um They have like a It was kinda cute. A cooking, like a speech class where you know, hi his like a lot of times with autism, you know, there's the whole pragmatic language.
How was Andrew first diagnosed with autism and what early interventions were used?
Um, so they try to really have like more like social skills, which is why they they did cooking. Um with him, but It was really They gave uh some occupational therapy. It was also us going out into getting private services Um throughout the school years, um middle school We had him like more in a social uh group outside the school um He ended up going to private school for middle school, but then we went back to public school and then in public school. Um He had a class with a case manager and that was excellent. That was where he um You know, every year he had to every day he had to like check his binder and make sure he was organized and make sure
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the guest’s background and why is she on the show?
0:01–4:47
2
How was Andrew first diagnosed with autism and what early interventions were used?
4:47–8:45
3
What school‑based supports (IEP, therapies, social‑skill classes) helped him succeed in elementary and middle school?
8:45–13:09
4
How did high‑school planning and accommodations prepare him for college?
13:09–17:25
5
What steps did the family take to choose a college and secure autism‑specific resources?
17:25–21:22
6
What challenges and successes did Andrew experience during his college years (COVID, housing, social life, internships)?
21:22–26:12
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What resources, websites, and advocacy tools does Carol recommend for other families?
26:12–29:24
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What final advice does Carol give to parents of high‑schoolers with autism and how can listeners contact her?
29:24–29:51
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