Special Needs Kids Are People Too!

By Amy Bodkin EdS

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Welcome to the Special Needs Kids are People Too! Podcast with Amy Bodkin, EdS. Amy is an Autistic adult who also happens to be a School Psychologist turned Special Needs Consultant and Public Speaker! Amy is an Advocate for seeing every child as a person, not a diagnosis because a special needs kid is just like any other child, just more so! You can find out more about Amy’s advocacy work at AmyBodkin.com.


Episode Date
S5E83: Building a Life You Love
Mar 06, 2026
S5E82: Neurodivergent Homeschooling
Feb 20, 2026
S5E81: How to Keep House While Drowning
Feb 06, 2026
S5E80: Advocacy - The Road Less Traveled
Jan 30, 2026
S5E79: Dyslexia & Hyperlexia
Jan 23, 2026
S5E78: Executive Functioning
Dec 12, 2025
S5E77: Neurodivergent Parenthood
Dec 05, 2025
S5E76: Neurodivergent Love and Marriage
Nov 14, 2025
S4E75: Affording the Care Your Child Needs
May 09, 2025
S4E74: Just Breathe
May 02, 2025
S4E73: Embracing the Cards Life Has Dealt You
Apr 11, 2025
S4E72: The Chemistry of Your Life
Apr 04, 2025
S4E71: PANDAS: The Fight Against Chronic Inflammation
Mar 28, 2025
S4E70: Autism, Vaccines, and Diets
Mar 07, 2025
S4E69: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Feb 28, 2025
S4E68: You've Got the Power!
Jan 24, 2025
S4E67: Dysautonomia, POTS, and PANS... Oh My!
Jan 17, 2025
S4E66: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Jan 10, 2025
S4E65: Freedom Pancakes for Ukraine
Dec 13, 2024
S4E64: No Patient Left Behind
Nov 08, 2024
S4E63: Earning the Right to Talk
Nov 01, 2024
S3E62: I Wrote a Book!
May 24, 2024
S3E61: Interoception
May 10, 2024
S3E60: Kids and Electronics: Yes or No?
Apr 19, 2024
S3E59: Q&A All About Special Needs Homeschooling
Apr 12, 2024
S3E58: The Challenges of Being a Neurodivergent Woman
Mar 08, 2024
S3E57: Q&A ACT/SAT Testing Accommodations
Mar 01, 2024
S3E56: Q&A Misophonia
Feb 16, 2024
S3E55: Q&A Primitive Reflexes
Feb 09, 2024
S3E54: Q&A This Is Why We Homeschool - Part 2
Feb 02, 2024
S3E53: Q&A This Is Why We Homeschool - Part 1
Jan 26, 2024
S3E52: Q&A The Burden of Advocacy
Jan 19, 2024
S3E51: Q&A Inspiring Confidence
Jan 12, 2024
S3E50: Q&A Finding Balance
Jan 05, 2024
S3E49: Moms Are People Too!
Dec 22, 2023
S3E48: Low-Demand Parenting
Dec 15, 2023
S3E47: Talking with My Children about Antisemitism and Hate
Dec 08, 2023
S3E46: The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate
Dec 01, 2023
S3E45: Holocaust Education
Nov 24, 2023
S3E44: Health & Neurodiversity (A Personal Update)
Nov 17, 2023
S2E43: Educate & Rejuvenate
Jun 23, 2023
S2E42: Meeting the Heroes of our Stories
Mar 31, 2023
S2E41: Storytelling with Reshelving Alexandria
Mar 24, 2023
S2E40: Communicating through Storytelling
Mar 17, 2023
S2E39: Storytelling with Living Book Press
Mar 03, 2023
S2E38: Storytelling with Adrienne Kress
Feb 24, 2023
S2E37: Storytelling with Laura Faye Smith
Feb 17, 2023
S2E36: Storytelling and Religious Trauma
Feb 10, 2023
S2E35: The Importance of Storytelling
Feb 03, 2023
S2E34: Meet Charlotte Mason
Jan 27, 2023
S2E33: Speech Therapy in Your Homeschool
Jan 13, 2023
S2E32: Homeschool OT
Jan 06, 2023
S2E31: Teaching Music to Different Learners
Dec 16, 2022
S2E30: Inside Our Normal
Dec 09, 2022
S2E29: Neurodivergent ABA Therapist
Dec 02, 2022
S2E28: On the Job Training
Nov 18, 2022
S2E27: Finding Therapists that Honor Personhood
Nov 11, 2022
S2E26: Creating Supportive Local Groups
Nov 04, 2022
S2E25: Encanto, Trauma, and Autism
Oct 28, 2022
S1E24: A Place to Belong with Amber O'Neal Johnston
Mar 25, 2022
S1E23: Why You Don't Need a Special Needs Math Curriculum
Mar 11, 2022
S1E22: Internet Safety with Jessica
Mar 04, 2022
S1E21: Profiles in Personhood - Meet Austin!
Feb 18, 2022
S1E20: Sex Education, ABA, and Autism: How We Can Do Better
Feb 11, 2022
S1E19: Getting Through the Holidays
Dec 17, 2021
S1E18: Profiles in Personhood - Meet Jessica!
Dec 10, 2021
S1E17: The Importance of Perspective
Dec 03, 2021
S1E16: What about ABA?
Nov 19, 2021
S1E15: What Inclusion Really Means
Nov 12, 2021
S1E14: Puberty – How an Autistic Girl Grows Up
Oct 29, 2021
S1E13: Love on the Spectrum
Oct 22, 2021
S1E12: Teal Pumpkins vs Blue Pumpkins
Oct 15, 2021
S1E11: Individualized Education Plans: Our Guarantee to Children
Aug 27, 2021
S1E10: Words are Power: The Importance of Examining the Language We Use
Aug 20, 2021
S1E9: The Cost of Dehumanizing Others
Jun 24, 2021
S1E8: Diagnoses - Harmful or Helpful?
Jun 18, 2021
S1E7: Diversity and Neurodiversity - Loving Ourselves So We Can Appreciate Others
Jun 11, 2021
S1E6: What It Means to "Do No Harm" - Toward ABA Reform
Jun 04, 2021
S1E5: Healing Trauma Through Yoga
May 28, 2021
S1E4: How Do We Help Children Recover from a Pandemic (and Other Childhood Trauma)? Part 2
May 21, 2021
S1E3: How Do We Help Children Recover from a Pandemic (and Other Childhood Trauma)? Part 1
May 14, 2021
S1E2: Welcome to Club 299: My Autism Diagnosis
May 07, 2021
S1E1: My Autistic Childhood
Apr 28, 2021