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Autisable Dads is a long-running conversation series where fathers in the autism community share what daily life actually looks like — from the small wins nobody else notices to the hard nights nobody talks about. Joel Manzer hosts and brings on guest dads to dig into what it means to show up, mess up, and keep showing up again. There's no script and no judgment — just dads talking honestly with other dads.
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S4 E4 Schools and Special Needs
I'm going to be a bit blunt here, as my patience with school administrators can at times be a bit short. Allow me to expand on this a bit more as I dive into the wonderful world of dealing with schools and our special needs kids. I say "dealing with schools" as this is something that is a constant...
Jan 28, 2022
Podcast Season 3 Episode 3: Zafer - Co-Founder of Otsimo
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and millions being told to stay at -home, having something that helps parents to teach their special needs child has become even more important. In today's episode, we chat with Zafer, the Co-Founder of Otsimo. Zafer's younger brother is Autistic and inspired...
Apr 3, 2020
Podcast Season 3 Episode 2: David Perecman and Kevin and Avonte's Law
Today we're revisiting the life of Avonte Oquendo, a nonverbal 14-year-old boy with autism who left his Queens public school undetected in 2013 and tragically drowned in the East River.Elopement is a major cause of concern with many autism families, with 50% of individuals diagnosed with autism...
Apr 2, 2020
Podcast Season 3 Episode 1: Adam Cole
Today we welcome Adam Cole, who is a Jazz Musician who writes books. We dive into his experience teaching autistic individuals, with examples from their behavior in the classroom to his own interest in Jazz.As noted from his website at https://acole.net/bio: Working on his first book at the age of...
Apr 1, 2020
Podcast Season 2 Episode 17: Danny Combs - TACT
In this episode, I chat with Grammy-award-winning guitarist and fellow Autism Dad and founder of Teaching the Autism Community Trades (TACT) - Danny Combs.As a guitarist, Danny performed with such artists as Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Tommy Emmanuel as well as many other top country and Christian...
Dec 31, 2019
Podcast Season 2 Episode 16: Jazz Hands for Autism
In this episode of Autisable Dad's, I chat with Founder & Executive Director of Jazz Hands for Autism, Ifunanya Nweke.Ifunanya's story inspires me. Her passion for music and her heart for the autism community is captivating...Inspired by Ruben, a young musician on the autism spectrum,...
Dec 30, 2019