Sounds Like Autism

For Josh's brithday, he and Dave plan to cruise through Louisiana, home of his favorite hot sauce. BUT - the virtual inclusion tour bus breaks down as they become dissappointed with the lack of meaningful opportunities being afforded to teens and young adults on the spectrum. They do find some and celebrate those, and discuss why this is really what SLA is all about.

Each month, Josh and Dave will make another virtual stop celebrating the best, most inclusive programs, businesses and people from a different state. Hit the road with us!

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SLA teams up with Spread The Word: Inclusion to moderate an international panel of inclusion all-stars! Hear a conversation about neurodiversity, virtual inclusion during the COVID-19 pandemic, and inclusion beyond April and social distancing. 

Guests include:

Haley Moss - Attorney, Artist, Author, Autism Self-Advocate

Britney Bautista and Savannah Rock- Special Olympics North America Youth Ambassadors

Daniel Jones - Autistic YouTuber and Social Media Sensation behind TheAspieWorld

Jerry Holy - Specialist - Unified Champion Schools, Special Olympics North America

Soeren Palumbo - Vice President, Global Youth Engagement, Special Olympics International

John and Mark Cronin - Cofounders of New York-based social enterprise John's Crazy Socks

Catalina Mildenburger - Special Olympics Latin America Youth Leader

#DontWaitForApril

Matt Hoverman has written for Disney Jr's Fancy Nancy and Sofia The First, PBS' Arthur and Curious George, among many other excellent kids shows, along with being an accomplished playwright and voice over actor - but we reached out because of his efforts to normalize people who carry the label of "different." 

Inspired by his sister, Matt has made an effort over the years to include characters that expose young viewers to learning differences and differing abilities in an accessible, digestible and fun way.  Most recently, he wrote in a character with Autism into Disney Jr.'s Fancy Nancy - released on International Autism Awareness/Acceptance Day.

Matt wanted to make it clear that the episode was a team effort, including the magnifique leadership of Fancy Nancy’s head writer Krista Tucker, the brilliant eye of the director Jamie Mitchell, the entire talented crew, our encouraging executives at Disney Junior, and our insightful expert consultants, particularly Elaine Hall of RespectABILITY – who all did their best to get this very important story just right.

Josh and Dave sit down with one of their oldest friends in the game, Megan Carranza from Adventures In Autism! The gang talk about her and her family's journey, the global Autism community, and her awesome podcast, which was a huge inspiration for SLA. 

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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode surrounds the topics of child neglect, abuse and wrongful death.

"An NYPD officer and his fiancee pleaded not guilty to murdering the officer’s 8-year-old son, Thomas Valva, as new troubling details emerged about life in what prosecutors are calling “a house of horrors.” - CBS News NY

Dave and Josh process the news unfolding in their own backyard - the abuse, neglect and death of Thomas Valva.

Josh and Dave regroup after Josh recovers from a long bout with the flu. Dave shows Josh what he unfortunately missed out on - a deep dive interview on inclusion with Jay Ruderman from the Ruderman Family Foundation. 

Erica Molsom, Director, and Michael Warch, Producer of Pixar's short film Loop hang out with Josh and Dave. Some technical difficulties didn't stop the gang from having an awesome conversation about inclusion, neurodiversity, and the truly special film about two kids in a canoe figuring each other out. 

Finally, we sit down with Neurodivergent Rebel!

Josh and Dave take the new sound equipment for a test spin and talk about what's new in SLA world, as well as an issue with one of the biggest social media apps of 2019, Tik Tok. 

Josh and Dave sit down with Bobby Rubio to talk about his inspiration behind the new Disney+ Original, Float!

Josh and Dave are gettin' snowed in to talk about everything from weather, to bullying, to upcoming plans for SLA.

Josh and Dave hang in the new SLA studio for the first minisode of the season to discuss comfort items. Instagram Facebook Website TEDx

In the first episode of the second season of SLA, Josh and Dave land a sit down with Mary Rohlich, the producer behind the NETFLIX Original Series "Atypical." Will she invite us to be on the show? Listen to find out!