Not Your Mama's Autism (NYMA)
NYMA is the story of one family's experiences with autism through a multi-generational lens. Hosted by a woman who is both the older sibling to a non-verbal man living with autism and now the mother of two children on the autism spectrum, NYMA takes on topics like autism awareness now compared to thirty years ago, past and current treatments, allies, special education pre-Covid-19 and during Covid-19, disability rights broken down by zip code, marriage therapy along the autism journey, intersectionality of race and disability, corporate inclusion efforts and much more.
Not Your Mama's Autism (NYMA)
Pursuit of A Different Kind of American Dream: A Talk with Koko Ekeng
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Lola Dada-Olley
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Episode 7
In this episode, I speak with Koko Ekeng, mom, parenting coach and author. She talks about how her daughter's complex medical needs started her on a journey to America in order for her to get the help she needed medically and, eventually academically as well.
She speaks to how her training as a life coach prepared her for a very difficult season
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