TPP 357: Parenting At the Intersections of Race and Neurodivergence
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Maybelline. Parents and their own intersecting identities also impact how they're being read in the world. So having someone read you as an incompetent parent based on your race at the restaurant and have those kinds of maybe even subtler ways, like how people give you the side eye, that also adds to the weight that parents are experiencing.
I'm Debbie Reber and welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. We've talked a lot about advocating for our children on this show, but today we're adding the additional consideration of race to the conversation because we know that families raising differently wired kids of color experience additional roadblocks when it comes to getting support in all kinds of environments, fostering, empowering neurodivergent identities, and much more. My guests for this conversation are Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saral, authors of the brand new book, Parenting at the Intersections, Raising Neurodivergent Children of Color.
Jaya and Priya came to this book through their lived experience as neurodivergent moms raising neurodivergent kids in this intersection of race, identity, and disability. Jaya is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in supporting BIPOC neurodivergent individuals and couples in having more authentic relationships. She also supports organizations in creating an anti-racist culture in the workplace. And Priya is a play therapist and a parenting coach specializing in the emotional well-being of neurodivergent children and parents by helping them reconnect to their playful spirit amidst personal and structural adversity. Parenting at the Intersections is a wonderful book, and I did my best to explore some of the concepts they thoughtfully write about, including how Parenting at the Intersections involves navigating multiple marginalized identities and systems of oppression,
why identity development is a complex process for children at the intersections, how parents can create conditions for their kids to be seen and respected, and the ways in which advocating for kids in the education system requires awareness of rights, documentation, and support from organizations and advocates. This is a rich conversation with a lot of food for thought, whether you are parenting at the intersections yourself, or you want to better show up as an ally for multiply marginalized members of the neurodivergent community. I hope you enjoy this conversation. Hey, Jaya and Priya, welcome to the podcast.
Thank you for having us.
Thank you. Pleasure to be here. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to this conversation. If you listen to my show, you may know that I always ask guests to introduce themselves. I've read your formal bio, but I kind of like to hear in your own words how you would describe the work that you do in the world. And as part of that, talk about your personal why. I know probably our whole conversation is going to be about your personal why in many ways, but let's start with introduction. So Jaya, could you tell us a little bit more about you and then we'll go to you, Priya.
Yeah, sure. So I am originally from India. I immigrated here when I was young and I've lived both in the East Coast and now make my home outside of Seattle. And I also identify as a neurodivergent person.
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I'm raising two kids with my partner now, almost of 20 years. One's a teenager, and one's in elementary school. We also have a dog, we're pretty sure is neurodivergent. And yeah, in my professional hat that I wear, I am a mental health therapist. And I primarily work with adults and couples who are
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