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Losing Feda & Mu is something that I still can’t fully process. Will I get through it? Yes. Will I ever be okay with their lives being cut tragically short? Nope. But if I learned anything from Feda it’s this - 1) red lipstick makes every woman feel better and 2) life is only worth living if you do everything out of love.

This will be the last episode of The Scoop. Feda and I specifically designed the format and content of this podcast to take into account both of our experiences and points of view. It’s not the same without her voice and I can’t imagine trying to find someone else to replace her. It just doesn’t work.

We need to normalize talking about sex and sex related issues in America. This is even more important when we're talking about sex and persons with autism or intellectual disabilities. Join us for an open conversation with Dr. Shane Spiker where we chat about common misconceptions and problems associated with sex and disability, the issue of rights (yes to porn) and the law (no to beastiality) and EVERYTHING in-between. We even talk about Lube Kegs (this is a thing)...so, let's talk about sex!

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“Helping Hands” article

On this episode of The Scoop Feda & Sarah chat with one of their faves, Dr. Amanda Kelly, PhD, BCBA, about Ethics, Cultural Humility, the concept of consent/assent and how Amanda can improve her Tinder profile. Really. We cover ALL of those topics. And manage to work in a little Kendrick Lamar, too.

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Dr. Amanda Kelly’s website

Let’s be real. Sometimes it’s really challenging for parents and providers to work together. We can all do better, so we’re going to talk about some strategies to help providers and parents communicate with each other better.

And we’re going to talk about Megan Thee Stallion, too. Because she is our current hip hop fave.

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1) Who won’t parents just do what I ask?

It's all about the V-word today. NO, not that word. We're talking about vaccines - one of the most divisive issues in the autism community. We enlisted a special guest to join us for today's episode, Dr. Alycia Halladay. Dr. Halladay is the Chief Science Officer for the Autism Science Foundation and has done like a TON of research about autism and vaccines. But don't worry, we still mixed in some inappropriate humor and old school hip hop to balance out this intense subject!

Welcome to the first episode of The Scoop! This week we're talking about when the h*%j are our kids going back to school and how we are bothing dealing with kids with IEPs who are on 100% distance learning. SPOILER ALERT: We're struggling! 

So grab your fave drink or snack and come listen to The Scoop and learn why we're going to be your new best friends. Seriously.

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