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The Autism Little Learners Podcast

Aug 25, 2026

Building a positive connection with autistic students is one of the most important things we can focus on at the beginning of a new school year. That’s why I’m making connection the focus of Week 2 of our Back to School Foundations series.

There’s something about that second week of school, too. The first few days...


Aug 18, 2026

This is Week 1 of 6 in the Back to School Foundations replay series. While I'm in Portland helping my daughter move into her first house, I'm revisiting six episodes I think will help most as you head back to school. New season starts Tuesday, September 29th, with five weeks on AAC for AAC Awareness Month.

So much of...


Aug 11, 2026

"Don't buy him letters." That's what a professional told Cari Ebert when her son Aaron was two. He was "obsessed," they said, and needed to be moved toward more appropriate play.

Cari ignored them. Those letters were how Aaron showed joy, and how she connected with him. Nearly two decades later, that same...


Aug 4, 2026

The one who melts down at the smallest request, who seems to dig in the moment you say “do this.”...you know this child.  In this episode I sit down with Casey Ehrlich, PhD — social scientist, founder of At Peace Parents, and a leader in the first peer-reviewed PDA research in the United States — to talk about...