Let’s Plant Houses
by Wendy Ernzen
Latest episode
LPH76: Moish Tov on Autism Employment, Innovation, and Community
LPH76: Moish Tov on Autism Employment, Innovation, and Community
About this podcast
Let’s Plant Houses shares heartfelt stories from families living with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and other intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Host Wendy Ernzen brings families together for warm conversations about daily challenges, parenting, inclusive living and special needs parenting. The families who join the show are powerful advocates who build smart and practical solutions for employment, housing, services and long term support for their loved ones with IDD. Their ideas often ripple through the disability community and support many other families along the way. Join us every other week as we celebrate a new family story. Learn more about the show at www.letsplanthouses.com or email Wendy at [email protected].
Episodes
The newest 20 of 76 episodes
- LPH76: Moish Tov on Autism Employment, Innovation, and Community · 45 minWhat makes a meaningful life possible for autistic adults? In this episode of Let’s Plant Houses, we talk with Moish Tov, a father of two young men on the autism spectrum and…
- LPH75: Authors Brigitte and Joe Shipman Write About Autism as Family · 30 minWhat can a mother and son teach us about life with autism? On Let’s Plant Houses, we talk with Brigitte Shipman, a mother and coach, and her adult son with autism, Joe Shipman…
- LPH74: Sara Grezlik and Curt Lawson Team Up for Autism Safety · 18 minWhat could help someone with autism feel safer during a police encounter? On Let’s Plant Houses, we talk with Sara Grezlik, a parent of a son with autism, and Curt Lawson, the…
- LPH73: DeeAnn and Emily Uhlarik: Making Inclusion Part of Family Life · 35 minWhat helps a person with Down syndrome feel truly included? On Let’s Plant Houses, we talk with mother DeeAnn Uhlarik and her daughter Emily about Ellie, DeeAnn’s youngest…
- LPH72: Mary McDirmid on Special Needs Trusts and Disability Financial Planning · 33 minHow do you plan for your child’s future when you know you won’t always be there? Special needs financial planning, ABLE accounts, special needs trusts, and government benefits…
- LPH71: Therapist Danniel Worthen Cullumber on Adult Diagnosis and Neurodivergence · 31 minWhat happens when an autism diagnosis finally explains years of behaviors, challenges, and differences? Trauma therapist and mom Danniel Worthen Cullumber shares her family’s…
- LPH70: Author Tracy Envernizzi is Finding Peace in Autism Parenting · 39 minWhat does life really look like when you’re raising a child with severe autism and lifelong support needs? Author and full-time caregiver Tracy Envernizzi shares her family’s…
- LPH69: Author and Filmmaker Cari Noga Shares the Story Behind Pacific Pilgrimage and More · 35 minHow can storytelling help families feel less alone? In this episode, Cari Noga shares her family’s autism journey, from her son Owen’s diagnosis to navigating special education…
- LPH68: Kari Baker on Faith, Autism, and Hope · 32 minCould embracing your child’s strengths change everything? In this episode, Kari Baker shares her family’s autism journey, from the early days of searching for answers to…
- LPH67: Cassie Enea on Trusting Your Parent Instincts · 40 minCould trusting your instincts change your child’s future? In this episode, Cassie Enea shares her family’s autism journey, from noticing early developmental regression to…
- LPH66: Jessica Patay on Hope for Caregiving Moms · 28 minWhat if the strongest caregiver is the one who asks for support? In this episode, Jessica Patay shares her family’s journey with Prader-Willi syndrome, caregiving, disability…
- LPH65: Dr. Eric Weiss on Brain Inflammation, Stem Cells, and Autism · 38 minCould autism be more than a behavioral condition? This is what Dr. Eric Weiss is challenging with this work. Dr. Weiss spent decades as a surgeon and is the father to a son…
- LPH64: Linda Galarreta on Becoming the Resource She Never Had · 25 minWhat happens when a mom of two autistic sons becomes the resource she never had? Linda Galarreta is raising three boys, two of whom are on the autism spectrum, and she has…
- LPH63: Nancy Burrows on Music, Autism, and Connection · 31 minWhat if the path to connecting with your child runs through a song instead of a script? Nancy Burrows joins Let’s Plant Houses to share her family’s journey raising her son…
- LPH62: Jennifer VanSkiver on Helping Her Daughter Shine · 37 minWhat happens when a child finds a community that truly believes in them? In this episode of Let’s Plant Houses, Jennifer VanSkiver shares her family’s journey raising her…
- LPH61: Liz Fiordalisi on Unlocking Her Son’s Hidden Voice · 31 minWhat if your child understood far more than the world ever realized? Autism, non-speaking communication, spelling to communicate, apraxia, and caregiving are all part of this…
- LPH60: Bill Cushing Never Accepted “No” for Gabriel · 32 minWhat does it take to raise a child with multiple rare genetic conditions while fighting systems that constantly underestimate what your child needs? In this episode of Let’s…
- LPH59: Rachel Gonyea Learned Caregiving as a Sister · 17 minWhat happens when a sibling grows up in a home filled with foster children, routines, and nonstop caregiving, and then realizes those experiences shaped who they were meant to…
- LPH58: Heather Burroughs Fought for Her Daughter’s Voice · 47 minWhat if your child had thoughts, opinions, and intelligence far beyond what the world believed, but no reliable way to communicate them? In this episode of Let’s Plant Houses…
- LPH57: Steve Gonyea Turned Special Needs Foster Parenting Into an Unstoppable Movement · 39 minHow did one foster dad build an autism barn and help nearly 180 children find belonging? In this episode of autism advocacy, foster care, caregiving, and disability support…
