Parenting a Child With Autism or a Disability Can Leave You Feeling Alone: Mary Jackson on Compassionate Parenting That Works

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Nov 15, 2023 · 1h 16m

Parenting a child with autism or a disability often means navigating a diagnosis, a maze of services, and a daily stream of decisions no one prepared you for, usually while feeling that nobody around you understands. Mary Jackson has spent more than 26 years as an advocate and more than 12 years teaching families how to find their way through it, and she joins Stacey Chillemi to talk about what compassionate parenting looks like in practice. What she shares about the challenges parents and caregivers face, how to improve communication and interactions with your child, and how to care for a…