Parents are uniquely marginalized and it became even more obvious during the COVID-19 pandemic as vaccinations rolled out, allowing adults to return to “normal life” but parents had to continue taking precautions to keep their children safe.
I became a parent in 2018 and you’ll find my random parenting advice. It’s not unsolicited advice if I put it on the internet and you came to me, right?
Sometimes our kids develop interests different from our own and if that interest is Pokémon, then here is a guide on which games to get and which movies/TV shows to watch curated by an autistic parent with a special interest in Pokémon.
What topics should you discuss with your child when having the trans-inclusive puberty talk? If your child’s school isn’t providing this education early enough or you’re opting out to teach your child this content at home, consider this a pocket guide for your syllabus!
Allow me to share how we store and clean our cloth diapers and maintain our washing machine.
Let’s talk about when sex-ed topics become age-appropriate for introducing to young kids from birth to 8-years-old.
Trans kids exist, sometimes as young as 3-years old. This is why it’s so important to teach children gender equality from such a young age.
Take gender out of sex education. We should be teaching everyone about all types of bodies.
What is ageism and childism? Learn more on how age can be a privilege or a disadvantage and how this changes across the lifespan.
Join Terra Vance and Jules Edwards in talking about autistic children in the second session of this autism conference.
Autistic Occupational Therapist, Sarah Selvaggi Hernandez, discusses the unique intersection of being autistic and a parent.
Hear from Melissa Walker, PhD, Terra Vance, and Kate Jones as they kick off the final day of the autism conference talking about autonomy.
Criticism about diversity on the Australian cartoon, Bluey, had a lot of backlash and I’m here to tell you why diverse representation is still needed.
Learn why I think mainstream sex-education doesn’t work for anyone, especially neurodivergent people like intellectually disabled, autistic, and ADHD kids.