Adventures in Autism

Jul 26 2022 127
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Welcome to Adventures in Autism! This podcast was created as a safe place to come together and share our journeys with autism. Host, Megan Carranza, shares her family’s experience with her son, Logan, and speaks with a variety of incredible guests. From fellow autism parents, to siblings, to experts in the field and individuals on the spectrum themselves! It’s all about support and finding a sense of community. These are people who just “get it”. If you’re familiar with autism, then you know everyday is an adventure, you’ll hear all about those adventures here! Thanks for listening!

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Episode 175- Part 2 of our PANDAS journey with Logan.

Jul 26 2022 56 mins  
Picking up where I left off (a month ago…but who’s counting!) and sharing Part 2 of our PANDAS journey with Logan. What saga this has been. Thank you so much for support and patience! I hope you enjoy listening. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp To get 10% off your first month go to: https://www.betterhelp.com/adventuresinautism Connect with Megan: IG: @adventuresinautism

Episode 174- PANDAS: A whole new diagnosis for Logan. (Part 1)

Jun 21 2022 57 mins  
I’m back today after a looong break with Part 1 of our PANDAS journey. I wasn’t planning on making this a two parter but there is SO MUCH to discuss with this story. This episode is extremely raw and vulnerable. I had wanted to wait and share all this til we had some kind of resolve with this situation, but as time goes on, I realized I might be waiting forever. So this episode

Episode 173- It’s April once again! Let’s talk autism awareness.

Apr 06 2022 34 mins  
Today I’m coming at you solo and talking about April and how I feel about autism awareness month. I’ve done an episode dedicated to this every year since AIA started so I decided to keep the tradition alive! I’m sharing my feelings on what this means to me- especially since it’s now been five years since Logan was diagnosed. I’m also talking about ways that I have (and pl

Episode 172- Hot Topics: Medication. (Sharing our experience with everything related to meds.)

Mar 16 2022 60 mins  
Today I’m coming at you with another installment of Hot Topics! On this episode, I’m sharing our journey with medication. Logan started meds a little over two years ago. This topic has been HIGHLY requested but I was hesitant to talk about until now because I wanted to this episode to be as informative and responsible as it could be. Now that we have two (plus) years under belt

Episode 171- Putting everything into perspective. With autism mom, Kellee

Mar 02 2022 37 mins  
Today I’m chatting with autism mom, Kellee, all about her journey with her daughter, Selby. Selby was diagnosed with ASD in 2021 when she was 8 years old. Kellee shares how looking back, a lot of Selby’s behaviors could have been seen as “red flags”, but at the time autism was not on her radar. It wasn’t until Selby’s anxiety worsened during quarantine that Kellee felt

Episode 170- Back at it! Life updates & answering listener questions

Feb 15 2022 50 mins  
I’m back baby! Today I’m sharing some life updates and talking about what we’ve been up to while the podcast was on hiatus. I’m also answering listener questions which is always fun! I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone that continues to support the pod (and the new listeners as well!) whether I’m showing up or not. You guys are truly the best and I’ve missed you!

Episode 169- Happy New Year! Setting goals & intentions for 2022.

Jan 04 2022 31 mins  
Today I’m flying solo and ringing in 2022 with AIA! I’m sharing some updates to start- talking all about Logan’s birthday and how we celebrated Christmas as a family. I’m also giving details on our two “Christmas miracles” which are my sisters stable scan (!) and Logan’s reading! Both of these situations feel like the greatest gifts and it certainly made our Christmas

Episode 168- The Genetics of Autism. With Pamela Feliciano, scientific director of SPARK

Dec 14 2021 44 mins  
Today I’m chatting with Pamela Feliciano. Pam is the mother of a teenage son with autism and the scientific director of SPARK (Simons Powering Autism Research for Knowledge), the world’s largest autism study. Pam shares her journey with her son and how his autism diagnosis inspired her to work in this field. On this episode, Pam gives a crash course in the genetics of autism. W

Episode 167- Manny returns! Reflecting back on Logan’s year & answering listener questions.

Dec 07 2021 65 mins  
Today I’m chatting (once again!) with my husband, Manny, in honor of Logan’s ninth birthday in just a few days. Manny and I have made this our annual tradition to reflect back on Logan’s past year and all the ways he’s grown. We’ve seen him mature and change so much this over this last year! We’re talking about the highs and the lows and everything in between. Later, we

Episode 166- Throwing out the parenting manual, with mom & podcaster Megan Champion

Nov 30 2021 46 mins  
Today I’m chatting with mom and fellow podcaster, Megan Champion. Megan shares her journey with raising a neurodiverse child. From the time her son was a baby, Megan had noticed differences between him and his twin sister. It wasn’t until toddlerhood that those differences became concerning. Megan sought out therapy for him and many of her concerns were addressed and he excelle