Ep. 154 - Autism in Rural Australia with Prue

Host Rashidah sits down with Prue for a candid conversationabout raising her son Jock, who has both autism and ADHD, from the early signs and long diagnostic wait times to daily life on a remote Australian cattle ranch. Prue opens up about grief, anxiety, celebrating small wins, and the community that has rallied around her family, offering heartfelt, hard-wonwisdom for any parent navigating a new neurodivergent diagnosis.
In this episode, we discuss:

0:00 – Meet Prue
1:38 – Early signs before diagnosis
2:03 – Long wait for a diagnosis
3:55 – Behaviors that led to seeking an assessment
5:46 – Autism and ADHD
10:33 – Processing grief and shifting expectations
12:00 – Managing anxiety and hypervigilance
15:53 – Life on the cattle ranch
17:09 – Being open about the diagnosis
22:25 – Feeding issues and celebrating small wins
25:52 – Balancing attention between siblings
29:02 – Helping sibling understand neurodivergence
30:05 – Mom guilt, masking feelings, and self-compassion
34:21 – Making time for self-care
36:12 – Why Prue decided to share her story
39:10 – Finding community with other special-needs parents
42:20 – Jock's therapy team
45:55 – Advice for a mom newly navigating diagnosis
47:55 – What makes Prue "badass"
49:27 – Get in contact with Prue

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