DEEP DIVE: Kate Swenson of "Finding Cooper's Voice" on Parenting Autism
Kate Swenson started “Finding Cooper’s Voice”while searching for answers after her son’s autism diagnosis. Her book FOREVER BOY is about Kate’s journey to acceptance, and how sharing her own family’s triumphs and challenges became a road to advocacy.
This Deep Dive series revisits some of our past episodes about the joys and the challenges that come with raising kids with differences and disabilities.
Kate Swenson writes and creates videos about her life as a mother of four and and an autism advocate for "Finding Cooper's Voice," a living, thriving community of people who not only advocate for autism, but also make the world a better place for individuals with disabilities and their families.
We discuss Kate's book Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy and her nonprofit The More Than Project, which supports the needs of special needs families that go beyond the needs of their special needs child.
Kate tells us about:
- Kate's journey to finding the correct diagnosis for her child
- what led her to put her story out into the world
- the sometimes-loneliness of special needs parenting, and how the Finding Cooper's Voice community offers insight, support, and fellowship
Get FOREVER BOY in our Bookshop store: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780778311997
and follow @findingcoopersvoice on Facebook and Instagram.
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