All Episodes

SED 602: Zero Oats

SED 601: Dad Camp Gets Company

SED 600: Beige and Salmon

SED 599: Awake and Combative

SED 598: Four in the Morning in Fajardo

SED 597: The Pineapple Didn't Do It

SED 596: Super Grateful This Thing Sucks

SED 595: The Case of the Strong Grip

SED 594: One Stop Shop

SED 593: I Like That

SED 592: Dad Camp

SED 591: What Happens When the Pastry Department Never Opens

SED 590: A Hitch in Her Step

SED 589: IEP Meeting - All About the Coffee part 2

SED 588: Beach Plus Pica

SED 587: You Answered - A Project Centauri Update

SED 586: A Critical Mistake

SED 585: How We're Using AI to Help Cure our Rare Disease

SED 584: Tuning In

SED 583: Project Centauri

SED 582: Tess Skips Breakfast

SED 581: IEP Meeting - All About the Coffee part 1

SED 580: Mystery Tess

SED 579: Get On Matrix Already

SED 578: Get Well Soon

SED 577: Many Moons

SED 576: A New Record

SED 575: Shark Fins

SED 574: The Woods

SED 573: Into the Woods

SED 572: Holiday Break

SED 571: Waiting

SED 570: Still Ill

SED 569: The Cup Is Already Broken

SED 568: Never Get a Car from GM and Other True Stories

SED 567: Thankful for Empatica and the Epimonitor

SED 566: Riding the Waves of Life

SED 565: Backseat Driver

SED 564: Sixteen

SED 563: Tess the Freshman

SED 562: The Big Four

SED 561: We Interrupt this Party to Bring You A Special Bulletin

SED 560: Up the Hearts

SED 559: Nashville Part 2 of 2

SED 558: Nashville Part 1 of 2

SED 557: Social Eyes

SED 556: Tess in the ER and ICU - Part 2 of 2

SED 555: Tess in the ER and ICU

SED 554: Coffee Break

SED 553: Find a Way to Entertain Yourself

SED 552: Where to Go

SED 551: The Tess Schedule

SED 550: Radar

SED 549: What's Working So Far This Summer

SED 548: Helping Tess with MRELD

SED 547: Tess Tunes In

SED 546: Melatonin, or Travels in Iceland

SED 545: Sensory Issues Deep Dive - Part 2 of 2

SED 544: Sensory Issues Deep Dive - Part 1 of 2

SED 543: Sensory Issues and Things that Go Bump in the Night

SED 542: What Tess Carries with Her

SED 541: I Will Not Behave and I Will Not Be Nice

SED 540: A New Kind of IEP

SED 539: Growth in Slo-Mo

SED 538: Spring and a New Presence

SED 537: How It Actually Went Down in Montreal

SED 536: Tess in Montreal

SED 535: Tess Gets Sent Home Sick

SED 534: Tooth or Consequences

SED 533: Zero Turnovers

SED 532: More Talking Without Words

SED 531: This Will Be Our Year

SED 530: Dunk You Very Much

SED 529: Talking Without Words

SED 528: Pizza Vacuum

SED 527: Why I'm Changing the Show Back

Stronger Every Season: A Caregiver's Mindset Shift

Max Flex: The Rare-Disease Parent's Superpower for Navigating Uncertainty

Stepping Forward: How Shoes and Therapy Transformed Tess's Confidence

Creative Workarounds for Extraordinary Challenges: Life with Tess

Seeing the Unseen: Navigating CVI and the Power of Being Heard - Part 2 of 2

Seeing the Unseen: Navigating CVI and the Power of Being Heard - Part 1 of 2

The Power of Accepting Help: A Farewell to Shawdiya

Unlocked: Tess's Midnight Adventure and the Lessons It Taught Us

Turning the Tables: How to Face Evaluations and Advocate for Your Child

Burnout Busters: How Caregivers Can Find Energy and Connection Outside the Home

Filling Your Bucket: Stress-Free Holidays for Rare Disease Families

Uncharted Territory: ADHD, Rare Disease, and the Struggles with Medication

Cha Cha Moments: Navigating Anxiety, Impulsivity, and Focus Challenges in Rare Disease Parenting

Breaking Through Isolation: Finding Connection as a Rare Disease Parent

Refuel to Be Stronger: Quick Self-Care Hacks for Busy Rare Disease Parents

Building Your Child's Dream Team: Navigating Therapies for Rare Diseases

Stronger Together: Aligning with Your Partner on the Rare Disease Journey

Tech Solutions for Easier Communication: Helping Your Neurodiverse Child Express and Self-Soothe

Traveling with Autism: 14 Essential Hacks for a Smoother Journey - Part 2 of 2

Traveling with Autism: 14 Essential Hacks for a Smoother Journey - Part 1 of 2

Unlocking Tess's Potential: How a Simple Diet Change Transformed Her Health - Part 2 of 2

Unlocking Tess's Potential: How a Simple Diet Change Transformed Her Health - Part 1 of 2

From Stares to Support: Navigating Public Reactions and Guiding Loved Ones in Caring for Your Child

Eight Tools to Get Organized and Run Your Household Better

Empowering the Neurotypical Sibling

Tess Goes to Camp

Medical Visits: Essential Moves for Rare-Disease Parents to Get Your Kid Feeling Better Without Depleting Yourself -- Part 2 of 2

Medical Visits: Essential Moves for Rare-Disease Parents to Get Your Kid Feeling Better Without Depleting Yourself - Part 1 of 2

How to Get an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis and Why It Matters More Than Ever

Health Insurance: 7 Tips to Beat the Insurance Company and Get Your Family's Bills Covered

Special Education: 25 Power Moves to Make Your Child Seen and Known at School - Part 2 of 2

Special Education: 25 Power Moves to Make Your Child Seen and Known at School - Part 1 of 2

SED 494: Surfer Girl

SED 493: The Eyes Have It

SED 492: Community

SED 491: Three Little Letters

SED 490: Crunch

SED 489: Becoming an APS - Two Rare-Disease Tools I Can't Live Without

SED 488: The Cloak of Ban D'aid

SED 487: Nate the Ultra-Fantastic

SED 486: Trampopoline

SED 485: Costa Rica - Part 2

SED 484: Costa Rica - Part 1

SED 483: I Can Do It, I Know How

SED 482: Eclipse

SED 481: A Massive Piece of the Quest for a Cure

SED 480: Thirteen Gallons of Milk

SED 479: Banquet

SED 478: Sunday Bloody Sunday

SED 477: ET and Elliott

SED 476: Breathe

SED 475: Awaken

SED 474: Fifty

SED 473: The Trails Are Yours

SED 472: HOOPS

SED 471: This Won't Happen Without You

SED 470: H-Town

SED 469: Texas or Bust

SED 468: Get Outta My Room

SED 467: We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This - Part 2

SED 466: We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This - Part 1

SED 465: Despondent

SED 464: Let's Do Everything and Nothing

SED 463: Real Genius Meets Midnight Madness

SED 462: Tess in the ER Once Again

SED 461: Soothe Yourself

SED 460: Fourteen

SED 459: Lewiston

SED 458: Conference in Denver Pt 3

SED 457: Conference in Denver Pt 2

SED 456: Conference in Denver

SED 455: Bound for Denver

SED 454: Bubbly

SED 453: Amber Turbo

SED 452: Anti-Anti-Doping

SED 451: Ritualize Chronic Compassion

SED 450: New Beginnings

SED 449: I Might As Well

SED 448: Floating

SED 447: Island Blues

SED 446: Traveling While Nonverbal Part 3

SED 445: Traveling While Nonverbal Part 2

SED 444: Traveling While Nonverbal Part 1

SED 443: Hit It

SED 442: Decaffeinated

SED 441: Tess's Power Plant

SED 440: A Conversation with the Boy

SED 439: What's For Dinner

SED 438: Containing Hyperphagia

SED 437: Signposts

SED 436: The Anti-Bullies

SED 435: Only Three More

SED 434: Malade

SED 433: Back Out There

SED 432: Her Bark Is Worse than Her Bite

SED 431: Diagnosis Day

SED 430: Did You Miss Me

SED 429: Piano

SED 428: Eye Know

SED 427: Shawdiya

SED 426: I Was Wrong

SED 425: Round 2

SED 424: B

SED 423: Remember Sports

SED 422: A Million Times Better Than Stuff

SED 421: Oh Say Can You See

SED 420: Nu Shooz

SED 419: Tess Knows How to Deal

SED 418: Start Here

SED 417: The Box on Our Doorstep

SED 416: Slide Slide Slippity Slide

SED 415: Have Sequins, Will Travel

SED 414: Fidget

SED 413: Germany Part 3

SED 412: Germany Part 2

SED 411: Germany Part 1

SED 410: A Crucial Waypoint

SED 409: Evaluation Exasperation

SED 408: Thirteen

SED 407: Tess Clams Up

SED 406: Bat-Signal Answered

SED 405: Tess and a Friend Conspire

SED 404: We Can Handle an IEP

SED 403: Being Seen

SED 402: A Food Tess Won't Eat

SED 401: Calendar Invites

SED 400: Four Hundred

SED 399: Victory in Maine

SED 398: Take the Red Pill and See How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes

SED 397: Camp Dad

SED 396: Traveling with Autism Part 2

SED 395: Traveling with Autism Part 1

SED 394: Brace Yourself

SED 393: Chunes

SED 392: Where the Checks Go

SED 391: Marley

SED 390: Positive

SED 389: Unscheduled

SED 388: The Rain Song

SED 387: Travel Hacks - Part 2 of 2

SED 386: Travel Hacks - Part 1 of 2

SED 385: The Reaction

SED 384: Prepping for an Extended Stay

SED 383: Sleepytime T

SED 382: Thanks for Thinking of Me but I Already Have a Job

SED 381: Decked Out

SED 380: Shhhh

SED 379: Pickles

SED 378: Tess Has a Passport

SED 377: Four Seven

SED 376: Laugh It Up, Fuzzball

SED 375: Penny

SED 374: Homeroom

SED 373: Tess Is Listening to Los Angeles

SED 372: The NeverStarting Story

SED 371: An IEP Revelation

SED 370: Start Here

SED 369: Skis to the Kingdom - Part 2 of 2

SED 368: Skis to the Kingdom - Part 1 of 2

SED 367: Relax This Instant

SED 366: Back and Forth

SED 365: I'm Walkin Here

SED 364: Sneakiness

SED 363: Happy Holidays

SED 362: Things We Know (about Tess's Language)

SED 361: MetroMetroLand

SED 360: A New Kind of PT

SED 359: Grateful

SED 358: Lady Man Club

SED 357: Sleepless

SED 356: Vaxxed

SED 355: That's the Breaks

SED 354: Uh-huh

SED 353: The Tess Army Gathers

SED 352: Hello My Friend

SED 351: Can't Check the Box If You're Rare

SED 350: Getting Old

SED 349: Take It to the Bank

SED 348: Here Are Your Friends

SED 347: One Hundred

SED 346: Done-zo

SED 345: Taking a Tour

SED 344: Twenty Percent More Tess

SED 343: Tess in the ER Redux

SED 342: The Big Kid

SED 341: No Thanks, Olympics

SED 340: Back in the Saddle

SED 339: The Hour

SED 338: Take a Dip

SED 337: The John Wilson Pyles Memorial Award

SED 336: There Are No Days Off

SED 335: This Is Gonna Cost Ya - Part 2 of 2

SED 334: This Is Gonna Cost Ya - Part 1 of 2

SED 333: Astute Traveler

SED 332: Let's Get (a) Physical

SED 331: Miss Behaving

SED 330: Shellshocked

SED 329: The Funny Lady Returns

SED 328: The Machine Is On

SED 327: The Lion's Paw

SED 326: No Soup for You

SED 325: Shot

SED 324: It's Go Time

SED 323: Tess Gives Us a Scare

SED 322: Nacho Nacho Man

SED 321: The Endocrine System

SED 320: RDD in the 207

SED 319: The T-Bird Learns from Marvel Villains

SED 318: Level Up

SED 317: Tess Makes Two Sounds

SED 316: Being There

SED 315: The First Words of the Morning

SED 314: Sriracha

SED 313: It's a Mistake

SED 312: B and P

SED 311: See Ya, 2020

SED 310: Better Than a Walkman

SED 309: Olfactory Adventures

SED 308: Tested

SED 307: The Place to Be

SED 306: The Reservoir

SED 305: Choppin Broccolay

SED 304: Oddly Satisfying

SED 303: Sorry, I Have to Ask

SED 302: Halloween Is Cancelled

SED 301: The Questions Never End

SED 300: Chicago, in Your Living Room

SED 299: The Square Package

SED 298: Old Man Sounds

SED 297: Baba Ganoush

SED 296: All the Cool Kids Are Doing It

SED 295: The Return

SED 294: The Circle of Awesomeness

SED 293: Almost Back to School

SED 292: It's On

SED 291: Named

SED 290: Shield

SED 289: Play Ball

SED 288: No Comment

SED 287: July 13

SED 286: A Forest

SED 285: Extended

SED 284: Walking the Path

SED 283: Skin Deep

SED 282: Lucas

SED 281: Up All Nite

SED 280: Let's Play

SED 279: OT Goes into OT

SED 278: A Circle of Friends

SED 277: I Gotcha Now

SED 276: Edge of the World

SED 275: My Mistake

SED 274: How Not to Go Stir Crazy

SED 273: Bad at Homeschooling

SED 272: Vertigo

SED 271: Some Good News about Tess

SED 270: Coronavirus Lockdown

SED 269: Included Pt 4

SED 268: Included Pt 3

SED 267: Included Pt 2

SED 266: Included

SED 265: Absolute Zero

SED 264: Hip Check

SED 263: Singer, Unsteady

SED 262: The One-Day Exhibit

SED 261: The Lockup

SED 260: Her Aim Is True

SED 259: My Music Buddy (rerun)

258: Happy and Merry

SED 257: Begrudgingly

SED 256: White Discourtesy Telephone

SED 255: Tess Does a Can Opener

SED 254: Festival Pt 2

SED 253: Festival

SED 252: I Really Can't Talk Right Now

SED 251: Back on Track

SED 250: Special 250th Episode

SED 249: Getting on the Map Pt 2

SED 248: Getting on the Map

SED 247: For Tess, Seeing Is Believing

SED 246: Back to Global Genes Pt 2

SED 245: Back to Global Genes

SED 244: The Light Fantastic

SED 243: Hiring Bruce Banner

SED 242: Live and Die by the Tides

SED 241: I Want to Meet Governor Janet Mills

SED 240: Becoming a Noticer

SED 239: The Walnut Is Laughing

SED 238: Megan

SED 237: Sugar Baby

SED 236: Worst Procrastinator Ever

SED 235: Oh No You Didn't

SED 234: Island Time

SED 233: Happy 4th

SED 232: After the Award

SED 231: Breakfast in Bed

SED 230: The Sovereign Nation of Tess

SED 229: Science to the Rescue

SED 228: Just the Check Please

SED 227: Get a Move On

SED 226: I'm a Big Fan

SED 225: The Pearly Whites of Tess

SED 224: On Your Mark Get Set Throw

SED 223: News from France

SED 222: Out and About with Miss Tess

SED 221: Jackpot

SED 220: Madness

SED 219: Snack Attack

SED 218: This Is Bedtime

SED 217: Birds and Mysteries

SED 216: Feb Break Part 2

SED 215: Feb Break Part 1

SED 214: Hanging Out with Us in Our PJs

SED 213: Tessie B Ha Ha Ha

SED 212: Mood Ring

SED 211: (Do Not) Jump Around

SED 210: My Music Buddy

SED 209: True

SED 208: Four Years

SED 207: The Late Show with Tess Bigelow

SED 206: The Voyagers

SED 205: The Champions

SED 204: Oaty McOatface

SED 203: Ice and Paper Towels

SED 202: Surprise

SED 201: Three Times Thankful

SED 200: The Smartest

SED 199: Banzai

SED 198: Boomerang

SED 197: What Daisy Knows

SED 196: More Stories from the Land Where Cures Are Found

SED 195: Stories from the Land Where Cures Are Found

SED 194: All the Feels Pt 2

SED 193: All the Feels

SED 192: Werd

SED 191: The Other Day I Saw a Bear

SED 190: The Crankypants

SED 189: Resolution

SED 188: The Princess of Tides

SED 187: Days with Tess

SED 186: This Episode Is About Nothing

SED 185: Don't Even Say It

SED 184: Aftermath

SED 183: Tess in the ER

SED 182: Pipes

SED 181: Travel Bug

SED 180: 3 Years Back in Time

SED 179: 365 Shots

SED 178: Four Extraordinary Boys

SED 177: MC

SED 176: Tess the Fragile

SED 175: The Power of The Home Depot

SED 174: The Wildest Experiences Become the Best Stories

SED 173: Atlanta part 2

SED 172: Atlanta part 1

SED 171: Jackie Chan, Prohibition's End, and Us

SED 170: Quick Update + Bryan Leach of Ibotta

SED 169: Switcheroo

SED 168: Happy Ski-ster

SED 167: Tess's BFF

SED 166: ASMR You Ready to Go?

SED 165: Maybe It's Not Just Me

SED 164: The Supermarket Answer

SED 163: Fever

SED 162: Hip Hop Hooray

SED 161: Tess Hits the Hay

SED 160: Painfully Obvious

SED 159: The Not-So-Distant Future

SED 158: The T-Bird in the Pool

SED 157: Tess Got Hurt

SED 156: I'm Outta Here

SED 155: Tess Triumphs

SED 154: Epic Fails

SED 153: I Am Tess and I Break Things

SED 152: Invisible Dad

SED 151: No Such Thing As Full - Hyperphagia and Pica

SED 150: Mysterious Man in Hospital Room

SED 149: No Pity Party

SED 148: Ron Burgundy or Han Solo

SED 147: I Have The Power

SED 146: Our Second-Grade Interrogator

SED 145: Silver Screen Bean

Raatz call 10-23-17

SED 144: Gala part 2

SED 143: Gala part 1

SED 142: Yes No Yes

SED 141: Tess Is A Punk

SED 140: Planting the Seeds

SED 139: Roller Skating

SED 138: On Her Own at the Elementary School

SED 137: Big Girl Tess

SED 136: The Snub

SED 135: Holidays in the Sun

SED 134: Not Much You Can Do After Elevensies

SED 133: Who Put This Empty Cereal Box Back

SED 132: Summer Lovin'

SED 131: Growing Up Is Hard

SED 130: Tess Finds a Jewel in the Empire State

Bryan Leach of Ibotta

SED 129: Talking to the Fine Folks at Ibotta about Tess and USP7

SED 128: Make It Go Clickety-Clackety

SED 127: Father's Day Studio Ambush

SED 126: Bacon, Saved

SED 125: T-Bird Sunrise

SED 124: Nighttime Additives, Fully Natural

SED 123: Mama Mia

SED 122: Frisbee of Sadness

SED 121: 100-Meter Snuggle

SED 120: Like Superman in the Hospital

SED 119: This Is What We Trained For

SED 118: Pac-Man and Giraffe Tongues

SED 117: We Belong

SED 116: Urgent Message from Tess

SED 115: Set the Table

SED 114: Two Big Things Tess Taught Us This Winter

SED 113: Mascots Can't Be Included

SED 112: Up

SED 111: Princess Nocandy

SED 110: Stand Up

SED 109: Down for the Count

SED 108: Nine Against the Mountain

SED 107: Manifesto

SED 106: Dept of Hassle and Harassment Services

SED 105: These Are The Scars

SED 104: Bunny Slope

SED 103: Ending a Year of Silence

SED 102: Doctor Doctor, Gimme the News

SED 101: The Sankey Conversation

SED 100: Dana Takes Control

SED 099: Tess and the Dangerous Places

SED 098: Thankful for the Funny Lady

SED 097: Go Away

SED 096: Our Girl Was Tough on You

SED 095: When I Grow Up, I Wanna Be a Sweetie Pie

SED 094: Hooray for This Conference Call

SED 093: IEP Part 2 - Not the Way to Cleveland

SED 092: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?

SED 091: Tess TV

SED 090: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

SED 089: Iron Man, Thor, and Tess

SED 088: Getting to Know You

SED 087: Bring It On -- New Battles in IEP-Land

SED 086: Au Contraire, Ma Soeur

SED 085: Tess Meets a Boy from Maryland

SED 084: Super-Quick Genetics Update

SED 083: PermaToddler (Intellectual Disabilities Part 2)

SED 082: Here's the Deal (Intellectual Disabilities Part 1)

SED 081: Tess's Island

SED 080: Keys to the DeLorean

SED 079: I'm On To You, Mike

SED 078: Camper Tess

SED 077: If You Are Still Breathing, Vacation Is Good

SED 076: The Golden Days of MC Hammer

SED 075: Top 5 Funniest Tess Moments

SED 074: A Test We Actually Enjoy Taking

SED 073: Safe from Mosquitoes and Other Badness

SED 072: Tess Doesn't Like Frozen

SED 071: A Sherman Tank Instead of an Elevator

SED 070: Apple vs My Car

SED 069: The Closest Match Yet

SED 068: Special Is An Understatement

SED 067: A Bad Break

SED 066: How Not to Get the Crazies at Work

#65: Somebody at Recess Loves You

SED 064: What Some Dude Said about My Wife

SED 063: Florida, Airports, and Alonzo Mourning

SED 062: Parallel Stars

SED 061: Reach > Grasp

SED 060: The Rarest of All Days

SED 059: Busted

SED 058: The Wanderer

SED 057: What Happens When We Fight

SED 056: What School Districts Should Not Do to Tess

SED 055: Big Sister Tess

SED 054: I Speak for the Dads

SED 053: Beleaguered but Still Bright

SED 052: Hey, Who Moved My Q?

SED 051: One-Item Wishlist

SED 050: The Top 4 Most Validating Moments of 2015

SED 049: Bad Day at Dog Park

SED 048: How I Foiled the Thieves

SED 047: What to Get Your Dad for Xmas

SED 046: Tess Is an Old Soul

SED 045: Animal House

SED 044: Talking Is Harder Than We Thought

SED 043: I Got the Toy Store Blues

SED 042: Speaking In Tongues

SED 041: The Tess Army

SED 040: Don't Push This Button

SED 039: I Need Genetics For Dummies

SED 038: These People Just Don't Get Tired

037: Learning to Ruffle Feathers

SED 036: Are You With Us?

SED 035: We Find An Answer

SED 034: Kindergartener Tess

SED 033: Art Camp Is Dangerous

SED 032: Surprises on the Genetic Trail

SED 031: Kindergarten Transition pt 2

SED 030: The Genetic Mystery Continues

SED 029: Alcatraz-Style Escapes

SED 028: The Dark Night of Uncertainty

SED 027: Med Reckoning

SED 026: Tooth or Consequences

SED 025: Kindergarten Transition pt 1

SED 024: Summer Survival Guide Pt 2

SED 023: Summer Survival Guide Pt 1

SED 022: As Luck Would Have It

SED 021: Put Down the Cracked Cup

SED 20: I Blew It

SED 019: Label My Kid Please

SED: 018: Under My Roof, You Do Chores

SED 017: What to Expect at an IEP Meeting, and What We Never Expected

SED 016: Playdating

SED 015: Dad Taxi

SED 014: Work-Life Balance

SED 013: Astronauts Wanted

SED 012: Race Car in the Red

SED 011: Please, Be Seated

SED 010: The Dana Show

SED 009: Thanks and No Thanks

SED 008: Getting a Little Testy

SED 007: Aircraft Equipped with Frustration Device

SED 006: You're Both My Favorite

SED 005: Shawarma and the Showdown

SED 004: Why Yes, Those Are My Glasses in the Microwave

SED 003: Someone to Help Burn Down Your Backyard

SED 002: More Songs About Groceries and Pass Interference

#1: Escaping the Chunderdome