Kate Tucker

On Hope Is My Middle Name, I asked Dr. Theresa Hamlin, Ed.D. of The Center for Discovery how she helps parents and caregivers understand what it’s like to live with autism spectrum disorder. Here’s what she said:

“Sometimes you're in your car and your radio is going and then there’s static and it's so annoying. When you turn off the radio, all of a sudden it's like, 'Oh, okay, I'm okay now. Thank God you turned that off.' That's some of the description that we hear from our children, from those that can articulate it, that it's like having that constant stress and noise that causes confusion. It just wears you down all the time. Just shutting off the noise and having silence makes a huge difference. Our kids live in that static all the time. So anything that we can do that can minimize the chronic effect that they have all the time is really, really important.”

For more on how Dr. Theresa Hamlin is helping people mitigate the chronic effects of autism, read her phenomenal book “Autism and The Stress Effect” and hear our full conversation, “Hope and Healing for Kids and Families Living with Autism" on Hope Is My Middle Name 💐 now streaming on all podcast platforms.