Life On The Spectrum with Tanner Smith
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What insights does Tanner Smith share about living on the autism spectrum?
What would you want a parent raising a child with autism to know? It might take time for their children to learn, but they'll learn. I want to tell you both, I'm thankful for all the things I have.
Everybody needs a little touch of Tanner.
There is a new season coming out. Yes, sir. There is a new season coming out. And will you be part of that season? You'll have to wait and see. Oh, gosh. Yeah, we get older every day.
Got more wrinkles, that's okay. Yeah, we're laughing when we age. Life is like a comedy stage. And that's what we got land.
Hey everybody, I'm Kim Holderness.
And I'm Ben Holderness. We're so excited about this episode of Laugh Lines.
Yes. If you are old enough to start commenting about how it smells after the rain, then you're a home.
Or if your knee gets a little bit swollen right before it starts raining, you're like, hop, here it comes.
Has that happened to you?
Oh yeah. Really? My joints swell with the barometric PS. And I've heard about this before from the olds, and now I'm one of them.
Oh my goodness.
But I feel young right now because I've got a super hip t-shirt on.
Tell me about your, for those watching, Penn's going to show you his t-shirt. For those listening, what does his shirt say?
So this, it says inclusion, always a good idea, which as you know, we believe in. This is not real paint. This is like- I love the design. Anyway, it's from a group called Peace, Love, and Autism. And it's very apropos that we're wearing it today.
We are so excited. Tanner Smith, who was made famous by Love on the Spectrum, that show. He is here today. And let me tell you the joy that man brings to my heart.
Before we do that, as always, we like to start out going to the Laugh Line.
How can parents support children with autism effectively?
Today, the theme of the show is joy and how to find joy because that is what Tanner Smith brings to the world. But first, we're going to go to the laugh lines because you keep sending us these misheard song lyrics.
Are we the people who you send that to now? I love it. Natalie from Texas in our inbox saying, since I know you love Taylor Swift, I thought y'all might get a laugh from this. The first time I heard the fate of Ophelia on the radio, I thought these were the words. You dug me out of my grave and saved my heart from Darth Vader, Ophelia. Now I can't unhear it. I hope you'll listen and agree. Whenever I hear the song now, I try to come up with scenarios in which Ophelia saves someone from Darth Vader.
That's exactly what it sounds like.
That is exactly what it sounds like.
To be fair, I didn't know what Taylor was saying anyway.
What is she actually saying?
Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia.
Oh, the name of this song.
So we should have known it because it's the name of the song.
I love it. See, those are the little things that make my heart happy.
Speaking of making our heart happy, we have incredible guests on the show. A couple of things. Tanner Smith, as we said, on Love on the Spectrum, was a big star of that show. You may hear some noise in the background, kind of like some ambient noise. He had two very special people with him. One was his sister, Midge, who we'll bring on later on. And she's been like a big help and their relationship is adorable. Also, big shout out to his mom, Nikki. Yes. who we've gotten to know in, I'm just going to break down the fourth wall, in the process of bringing him here. Having autism, there can be sensory issues. You can see the love between the two of them. And honestly, the work that they've done together to make him such an impressive person.
And you can see that in Nikki.
It was better that we do this interview in person. I'm so glad we did. Zoom is hard for me. Yeah, I don't like it either. Yeah, sometimes. And just to let you know, you're going to, hear a wonderful interview but also there was a point in the conversation where he asked can i interview you and he asked pen a lot of questions and he has done such hard work and such good work about doing conversations like this was literally one of my favorite interviews that we've ever done and we'll be back here to talk a little bit more about some of that stuff at the end
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Tanner Smith share about living on the autism spectrum?
0:00–1:49
2
How can parents support children with autism effectively?
1:49–5:06
3
What role does gratitude play in Tanner's outlook on life?
5:06–6:57
4
What are Tanner's daily routines and how do they contribute to his joy?
6:57–8:46
5
How does Tanner define his purpose and aspirations for the future?
8:46–12:20
6
What advice does Tanner give for having a bad day?
12:20–14:24
7
How does the Wable app support the neurodivergent community?
14:24–17:02
8
What are the key messages about joy and connection shared in this episode?
17:02–35:37
Speakers
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