Not Your Average Autism Podcast: Recent Episodes

Jessie Libiszewski

Join me as I discuss the history of Autism and the journey my family has been on since my son’s diagnosis. We’re not your average family.

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This one was hard. I dive into the life of Hans Asperger and how his research into people with Autism was formed and what that means for the current diagnosis we have today. The episode contains discussion on the nazi child euthanasia program

Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Sources:

https://tidsskriftet.no/en/2019/05/essay/asperger-nazis-and-children-history-birth-diagnosis

https://blogs.uoregon.edu/autismhistoryproject/people/hans-asperger/

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/hans-asperger-1906-1980

https://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/NH/NH.html

Scheffer E. Asperger's children: The origins of autism in Nazi Vienna. New York, NY: WW Norton & Company, 2018.

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In today's episode I discuss learning styles and how to help your child learn. Also, I discuss an encountering a person who misused the words "special needs" and what I've learned from people who need to be educated on what that means. 

Music credits:What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

My whoopie pies: www.dowhopwhoopiepies.com

Sources:

Dr. Temple Grandin's Book Thinking In Pictures:Other Reports From My Life With Autism

Son Rise Program: https://autismtreatmentcenter.org/

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In this episode I go over what SNPs are, the 7 key SNPs and how they affect everything from allergies to sleep. What makes a gene mutate and can it be fixed? How does nutrition and cleaning our house play a role? Thanks for listening!

Music is from:

What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Buy Dr Lynch's Book Dirty Genes: https://www.drbenlynch.com

Clean Program by Dr. Alejandro Junger https://www.cleanprogram.com

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Today I discuss what is the difference between genetics and genomics and why it matters. I go over what DNA is and how and if it affects people with Autism. What exactly is methylation and why is it important?

Music is from: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

https://www.neuroneeds.com for spectrum needs multivitamins

https://www.drbenlynch.com for his book Dirty Genes

https://www.coseva.com for TRS Spray

https://www.mthfrdoctors.com/product/mthfr-test-cheek-swab-saliva/ MTHFR gene test

Podcast recommendations:

Better Health Guy episodes #179, #70 and #113

New Frontiers in Functional Medicine Episode on Jan. 12, 2022 with Dr Jeff Bland

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/science/cell-biology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_nucleus

https://www.britannica.com/science/DNA

https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/what-is-gene.html

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/genomicresearch/snp/

https://nigms.nih.gov/education/fact-sheets/Pages/regeneration.aspx

https://treatautism.ca/2015/03/31/autism-and-methylation-b12-injections/

https://www.thorne.com/take-5-daily/article/what-is-methylation-and-why-should-you-care-about-it

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23064-dna-genes--chromosomes

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This episode is a bit unhinged as I am totally exhausted! I talk about Peter's surgery and touch a bit on digestive issues and SIBO.

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In the very first episode I introduce our family, give a brief description of what Autism is, a short history on the diagnosis and discuss what lead up to my son's diagnosis. Source are listed below. Donate to help my son receive stem cell therapy https://gofund.me/e00bf63a. All opinions are my own. I am not a physician. Please seek the proper medical care for all diagnosis'.

Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/autism/what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder

https://www.news-medical.net/health/Autism-History.aspx

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28326463/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Triplett

https://www.parents.com/health/autism/the-history-of-autism/

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/autism-prevalence-is-now-1-in-44-signifying-the-eighth-increase-in-prevalence-rates-reported-by-the-cdc-since-2000-301436766.html

https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisedu.org/who-was-bf-skinner/