311: Fostering Self-Discovery for Your Autistic Kid, with Sol Smith, MS, MFA, EDS
What if your child’s “overexplaining” isn’t defiance, but a deep need to be understood?
In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Sol Smith — autistic adult, author, life coach, educator, and dad of four neurodivergent kids — to talk about the inner world of autistic individuals. From masking and sensory differences to building friendships and finding identity through passion, Sol walks us through what self-discovery really looks like for autistic kids… and how we can better support it as parents.
We also dive into the hard stuff: the social exhaustion of masking, the…
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