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The Autism Dad

by Rob Gorski

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  • I Had No Idea Until My 40s | Caroline Warnes

    October 7, 2026 · 14 min

    This episode is presented by Mightier. Caroline Warnes had no idea until her 40s. When her son went through his autism and ADHD diagnosis, a few bells started ringing for her too, and the two of them ended up with what she calls the…

  • Level One Does Not Mean Easy | Stephanie Kerns

    September 17, 2026 · 21 min

    Stephanie Kerns was a teacher before she was an autism mom, and the only autism she had seen up close was in boys. So when her daughter started putting sponges in her mouth and echoing every question back in the exact tone it was asked…

  • Autism Doesn't End With Your Military Service | Jaime Parent

    September 9, 2026 · 20 min

    This episode is presented by Mightier. In 1988, Jaime and Tracy Parent were stationed in England when their son Bryan was diagnosed with autism. There was nothing out there. No resources, no roadmap, no Rain Man yet. What they found…

  • Does He Ever Shut That Motor Off? | Nicole Carbone (S9E17)

    September 3, 2026 · 19 min

    This episode is sponsored by PESI. Nicole Carbone's son Luca is almost four, nonspeaking, and diagnosed with Level 2 autism. When he can't tell her what he needs, he bangs his head on whatever is closest. His pain tolerance is high enough…

  • I Feel Like I'm Tolerated | Melvin Lopez

    August 27, 2026 · 23 min

    Melvin Lopez is autistic. So is his five year old son, Mateo. And the first thing Melvin does in this conversation is take apart the assumption that those two facts give them something in common. "If you know one person with autism, you…

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  • The Brain Isn't Broken, It's Inflamed | Dr. Theoharides

    August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Dr. Theoharis Theoharides is back, and this time we got into the stuff that has been all over the news. Leucovorin. Tylenol. Benadryl. Underneath the headlines there is actual science, and Dr. Theo walks through what inflammation, mast…

  • The Day He Called Her Mom | Deena Nathan (S9E14)

    August 12, 2026 · 23 min

    Deena Nathan's five year old son Hayden is autistic and non-speaking, and he's fluent on his AAC device. In this episode she walks through a day that starts with therapy at 8am, the win she's still not over, and the one thing she wants…

  • Outsourcing the Panic | Erin Lamb

    July 22, 2026 · 34 min

    Erin Lamb has been a speech language pathologist for 26 years. She runs a Baltimore nonprofit with its own school for autistic kids. She has a Ph.D. She still missed her own daughter's autism. Why does autism get missed in girls? Most of…

  • What Level 2 Autism Can Look Like | Lauren Murray (S9E12)

    July 15, 2026 · 16 min

    “Most people don’t even tag her with autism, because she’s smart, she’s so articulate.” Lauren Murray Lauren Murray is a New Jersey mom of two, and her daughters are almost twenty years apart. Her oldest is about to turn 21, a UCF…

  • Autism in Real Life | Christine Bauereis

    July 1, 2026 · 15 min

    "Accommodating these children is like giving them a lifeline, and these children are worthy of it." Christine Bauereis didn't find out she was autistic and ADHD until her 30s. The clarity came the way it does for so many parents, after…

  • Seen&Heard | Heidi Price

    June 17, 2026 · 20 min

    "Stop comparing the hard. Start validating the hard." That one line from Heidi Price might be the whole episode. Heidi spent years in the autism community before she was a mom. She worked as a recreational therapist, and she married into…

  • Seen&Heard | Mariam Shapera

    June 3, 2026 · 13 min

    Mariam Shapera is a family doctor. In medical school, she got one lecture on autism, and it was clinical and deficit-focused. Then she became an autism mom, and everything she thought she knew got rewritten by her own son. In this Seen…

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About the show

The Autism Dad podcast delivers autism parenting support, special needs advice, and real stories for families raising neurodivergent kids. Hosted by Rob Gorski — a single father to three autistic children and the voice behind the widely-read TheAutismDad.com blog (a lifeline for parents since 2009) — each episode offers honest insight into autism, ADHD, sensory needs, and special needs parenting. Rob's work has been featured on The Tamron Hall Show, ABC News, BBC Worldwide, CNN, and Entrepreneur Magazine. New episodes drop every Wednesday, mixing personal stories, expert interviews, and actionable advice for autism moms, autism dads, caregivers, educators, and anyone supporting a neurodivergent child. Whether you're newly navigating an autism diagnosis or years into the journey, The Autism Dad podcast provides understanding, community, and education. Don't go this journey alone — tune in for a community committed to awareness, acceptance, and growth.