Living Inspired with Autism
Antoinette Freedgood is a certified life coach empowering parents of autistic children.
Using empathy, personal experience, and proven strategies, she helps families confidently navigate autism, celebrating strengths and fostering growth, resilience, and positive change for both children and parents.
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Living Inspired with Autism
What If Your Child Has Been Listening All Along? | S2C (Spell to Communicate) Explained
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What if everything you’ve been told about your child… isn’t the full picture?
In this very special episode of Living Inspired with Autism, I sit down with my first-ever guest, Olivia, a Spell to Communicate (S2C) practitioner… and Max’s own spelling partner.
And what we talk about in this conversation has the potential to completely shift how you see your child.
If you have a non-speaking or minimally speaking child…
If you’ve ever wondered, “Do they understand more than they can show?”
If you’ve felt that quiet knowing that there is more inside them…
This episode is for you.
We gently unpack:
- What S2C (Spell to Communicate) actually is
- The truth about apraxia and the motor challenges behind speech
- Why your child may understand far more than they can express
- What “presuming competence” really means in everyday parenting
- The deep connection between regulation and communication
- Real, emotional stories of children communicating for the first time
And something that every parent needs to hear…
👉 It’s not that your child doesn’t understand.
👉 It may be that their body simply cannot respond reliably.
This episode is not about pressure.
It’s about possibility.
It’s about opening a door you may not have known existed.
There is a moment in this conversation where everything shifts… and you might feel it too.
Take a breath.
Press play.
And just stay open.
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