The Threads of Life
Trish O'Dwyer
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Getting to Grips with Praxis
#1 SummaryAn episode using my knowledge and experience of Spelling to Communicate as both a practitioner and parent. Helping families to understand the term Praxis and why nonspeaking, minimally and…
Let's Get a Pet for Our Autistic Child!
#1 SummaryA short and lighthearted New Year's episode on the popular decision so many parents of neurodivergent children come to at a certain stage on their journey to get a pet to help their…
Autism AND adhd = Complicated
#1 Taking a look at and sharing my experiences as a parent of adhd and autism in a non-speaking child + adhd in a young adult in mainstream. Trying to figure which is the autism and which the adhd;…
Guest Harriet Carter and her new SEN School
#1 Summary:Introducing Harriet Carter and telling the story of how we met. Harriet is opening her own new SEN primary school near Maidstone in Kent, UK in September 2025 and will be introducing…
Common Themes on the Parent Plight
#1 SummaryTrying to tactfully (and probably not successfully) put it out there that non speaking, minimally and unreliably speaking autism is not quite the same journey as other autism or…
My Journey with Spelling to Communicate S2C - PART C
#1 SummaryMy non-speaking son Henry, now 14 and I are up on the 26 letter-board now that is hugely exciting and also challenging - a bit like starting all over again. And episode sharing our tirals…
Lets Talk Travelling
#1 SummaryAn episode for those of you who live the same life as we do i.e. with neurodivergent and SEN children, to resonate with, feel validated by, laugh at and know you are not alone when it comes…
S2C Lesson Writing with Guest Helen Adderley
#1 SummaryAn hour long episode with guest Helen Adderley who is so charming and intelligent and joy to chat with. Helen talks us through her own personal journey with her son Phil, becoming a…
adhd Parenting - the day to day woes
#1 SummaryAs much as we love and embrace our neurodivergent children, raising them is challenging and often leaves us feeling as though we are going round in circles. An honest look at parenting my…
Going Residential
#1 Even thinking about your child potentially needing a residential placement is traumatic and gut wrenching so actually sending them is the hardest decision families can make. A personal episode to…
My Journey with Spelling to Communicate S2C - Part B
#1 Continuing the S2C journey with my son Henry who is 13, non-speaking autistic and adhd. He is learning to point to letters of the alphabet on stencils to answer questions from age appropriate…
What Does Progress Look Like?
#1 Taking a look at what progress actually looks like for parents of neurodivergent children and adults. How their progress is typically measured. They are growing and developing all the time…
Neurodiversity, the Basics including Abelism & Inclusion
#1 These days we are all largely aware of neurodiversity and roughly what it entails but, how would you describe or define it to someone? What exactly is it in average person speak and what's…
My Journey with Spelling to Communicate S2C - Part A
#1 Part A of my journey with my non speaking son Henry age 13 and S2C - Spelling to Communicate. Where it began and how I find out about it; understanding presuming competence and that it his body he…
Our Children Can be Happy and They are Lovely Humans
#1 A look into how often others/society makes assumptions about neurodivergent and/or disabled people's intelligence just by what they see. having heard about the children/adults and their parents…
My Guest Tracy on NVR, PDA and a new venture
#1 A good hour long episode chatting to Tracy; how we met; Tracy's background as an OT; her PDA (pathological demand avoidance) and autistic son Jack; their family; discovering NVR (Non Violent…
In the home with neurodiverse children 24 hours at a time
#1 This is not an episode on bad parenting or bad children, its an episode why we feel like bad parents and why our autistic and/or adhd and/or neurodiverse children are often made to feel this way.…
Food Wars - autism, adhd, spd, the neurodiverse
#1 Food wars vs food relationships and the battle with their sensory systems that are constantly changing. There is so much more going on than just the food. It's different to the neuro-typical…
Stop apologising for your child's autism
#1 The message as per an original unisex 'Autism Threads' slogan T-shirt is "NO APOLOGY". Autism is part of who our children at any age, are. It is part of their make-up, it is responsible for the…
A non-speaking child, who has words!
#1 New Year vibes, already knackered, down with colds again and no resolutions made! Not an episode inviting a pity party but one encouraging awareness as I share what it's like for my non speaking…
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The Threads of Life has published 38 episodes since March 2023, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Kids & Family.
The Threads of Life is currently active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 28m.
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