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All Episodes

Refrigerator Moms — 45 episodes

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1

Autism Moms Across Generations: Waiting Rooms, Waitlists & the Fight for Services

2

What Autism Parents Really Think About Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)

3

What The Pitt Gets Wrong About Autistic Adults & Sexual Health

4

Why This Viral Autism Book Has Us Asking Hard Questions About Facilitated Communication

5

Why Won't My Kid Behave at His Own Birthday? Autism Parents Get Real

6

Why Autism & Perfectionism Go Hand in Hand — What Every Parent Needs to Know

7

The Words We Use to Describe Autism — And Why They're So Controversial

8

Stop Trying to Fix Everything: How Autism Taught Us to Live With the Unknown

9

How Autism Looks Different in Girls — And Why Doctors Keep Missing It

10

Autistic Kids & Food Struggles: From Goldfish to Grilled Cheese

11

Is the MAHA Movement Good for Autistic People? We Tracked the Timeline

12

From Vodka to Therapy Conflicts: Tough Situations for Autism Parents

13

An Inconvenient Study Review: How Fear Mongering Fuels the Autism Industrial Complex

14

Autism Plus: Understanding Comorbid Diagnoses Over Time

15

Autism Barbie & The Autism Industrial Complex: What Parents Need to Know

16

Practical Autism Parenting: Bath Time Wins, Vaccine Boundaries, and Roblox Limits

17

Why Dads of Autistic Kids Struggle Silently (And How to Help Them)

18

Is Screen Time the New Smoking? Autism Parenting in the Digital Age

19

Profound Autism Needs 24/7 Care: The Crisis No One's Talking About

20

Cold Hard Truths: The Holidays with Autism

21

Cold Hard Truths: Why Haven't I Heard of This?

22

Cold Hard Truths: Disinformation: The Refrigerator Mother Theory and the Anti-Vax Movement

23

Cold Hard Truths: RFK Jr., IDEA, and More Dogs

24

Cold Hard Truths: What Would We Do? Social Media Edition 4

25

Lights, Camera, Autism! On-Screen Portrayals of Autistic Characters

26

Cold Hard Truths: Mom Friendships

27

Cold Hard Truths: Chatbots, Suicide, and SAINT

28

Something to See Here: Masking and Autism

29

Cold Hard Truths: What Would We Do? Social Media Edition 3

30

Cold Hard Truths: Acceptance

31

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA): As Easy as ABC

32

We Watched Trump's Autism Press Conference So You Don't Have To

33

Cold Hard Truths: Four New Subtypes, the Time Supplement, and Dogs

34

The Try-entific Method: Off-Label Autism Interventions

35

Cold Hard Truths: Panic Attacks, Non-Violent Communication, and the We Do Not Care Movement

36

Cold Hard Truths: FAFO and What Would We Do? Social Media Edition 2

37

Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA): Autism by Any Other Name

38

Out of Control: Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Panic Attacks

39

Cold Hard Truths: Gene Site Testing, Parenting Instinct, and Autistic Joy

40

A Tough Pill to Swallow: Medicating Autism

41

Cold Hard Truths: What We Would Do (Social Media Edition)

42

Cold Hard Truths: Virtual Autism

43

Cold Hard Truths: Suggestions for RFK Jr.

44

Oh Brother! (And Sister!): Siblings vs. Neurodivergence

45

Blame, Shame, and the Guilt Game