The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. This week's episode of Autism in Black Podcast talks gives you a recap of the recently concluded AIB Virtual Conference 2022. Let's talk about what transpired during the conference, what we learned and what were our takeaways from this even...
Jul 04, 2022•32 min•Season 5Ep. 7
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today's guest is Dr. Diamond Rashad who is a neurodivergent pediatric occupational therapist in Georgia that collaborates with parents by connecting perinatal and pediatric health, as well as mental health, social-emotional development, and...
Jun 03, 2022•40 min•Season 5Ep. 6
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today, we have Natasha Nelson, a certified Positive Discipline educator and trainer candidate, veteran military spouse, and autistic mother to two autistic Black girls. She has over seven years of leadership experience in the United States ...
Apr 15, 2022•47 min•Season 5Ep. 5
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today, we have my other half, Dr. Berry Pierre who is a well-known and respected board-certified Internal Medicine Physician. He is a blogger, podcast host of the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry, and vlogger on youtube & Facebook channel...
Apr 08, 2022•27 min•Season 5Ep. 4
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today's episode is going to be a little different as I am doing it solo, rather than with a guest. This episode is going to be about me talking about a very personal experience - and that experience is getting my own Autism diagnosis. I'm n...
Apr 01, 2022•28 min•Season 5Ep. 3
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today, we have BreAnn Robinson, who is the owner of Auesome Achievers, LLC. BreAnn sees big potential in every moment and cares deeply about each client and family, she has had the opportunity to work with her unique skill set which enables...
Mar 04, 2021•54 min•Season 5Ep. 2
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we have Cheryl Poe, who is the founder and owner of advocating for kids Inc. Ms. Poe has work experience that includes over 14 years of working with children with various disabilities in their families. As an in-home therapeutic foste...
Feb 19, 2021•51 min•Season 5Ep. 1
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we are joined by Rachel Pretlow, who describes herself as a blowing wind. Identified as being on the autism spectrum in early adulthood, Rachel has been growing into the role of a self-advocate. In this episode, Rachel shares her pers...
Jan 29, 2021•36 min•Season 4Ep. 6
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we are joined by Shontaye Glover, who received her Master's of Science degree in communication disorders from William Paterson University in New Jersey. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and the founder of "Having Our Say...
Dec 18, 2020•37 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we are joined by Dr. Berry Pierre, who is a well known and respected board-certified internist. Dr. Berry is the CEO of Pierre Medical Consulting, where he leverages his professional knowledge and expertise to improve the wellness and...
Dec 11, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 4
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we are joined by Chaute Thompson who is a licensed mental health counselor. She is the owner of Inspiring Hope Counseling Services - a private practice that focuses on helping all families strengthen their family unit and specializes ...
Dec 04, 2020•29 min•Season 4Ep. 3
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we are joined by Maurice Rush - a father, host, and a communist activist. He has made a career of helping people in the social services field. He currently hosts "The My Brother My Brother Show" which is a web-based series dedicated t...
Nov 20, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 2
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Tiffany Hammond, a homeschooler, advocate and the voice behind Fidgets & Fries. In this episode, Tiffany talks about her own personal experiences with Autism as well as her experiences parenting two Autistic boys. Tif...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 1
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Cheryl Poe, founder, and owner of Advocating 4 Kids, Inc. Cheryl and I have a candid conversation surrounded being a black advocate advocating for black families. Cheryl talks about having an IEP as a child and some of the...
Sep 18, 2020•55 min•Season 3Ep. 8
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Jeannette Washington, M.Ed who begins with telling us about how her career as a speech and language pathologist lead her to a career in tech and advocating for those with disabilities to pursue a career in tech. Jeannette ...
Sep 11, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 7
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC, and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but for themselves as well. Today we are joined by chief grief crusader Herdyne Mercier, LCSW. Herdyne talks to us about a topic that can be very difficult but is a natural process, grief. She speaks on how grief shows up for us in our lives and how to redefine our gr...
Sep 04, 2020•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Jen White-Johnson for a mom spotlight. Jen and I have a very candid conversation surrounding raising a child with a disability when you have a disability yourself. We talk about ableism and its impacts and Jen also gives s...
Aug 29, 2020•56 min•Season 3Ep. 5
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Dr. Linda McGhee founder of McGhee & Associates. Dr. McGhee talks to us about the biases against black children in the evaluation process and the impacts that can have. She also talks what evaluators can do to be more ...
Aug 07, 2020•58 min•Season 3Ep. 4
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Jeniece Stewart who is the founder of Special Needs Siblings Inc. Jeniece talks with us about the impact having a sibling with a disability has on an individual. She talks about how parents can include the sibling into con...
Jul 31, 2020•44 min•Season 3Ep. 3
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Sandy Boisrond who is an Trusts & Estates Attorney and the co founder of Spectrum Law Firm Miami, PLLC. Sandy talks to us about what estate planning is and the importance of planning now. She talks to us about guardian...
Jul 24, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 2
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Shemica Allen who is the Founder of Personalized Learning Solutions, LLC. Shemica talks with us about what parents should know in regards to their rights within the school system. She tells us what to be aware of when it c...
Jul 17, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 1
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Naomi Studevan who is the Founder and Executive Director of Advocacy Unlimited, LLC. Naomi talks with us about what advocacy is and how she believes in a holistic advocacy approach. She then goes on to talk about how paren...
Jun 12, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Nkoyo Effiong,Principal Attorney at The Effiong Firm LLC. Nkoyo talks to us about what a special education attorney is and what they can be used for. She also talks about when you should consider hiring an attorney as well...
Jun 05, 2020•59 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Dr. Cindy T. Graham. Dr. Cindy discussed the difference between a medial diagnosis of autism and a school categorization of autism. Dr. Cindy talks about the importance of testing as well as when parents should consider ge...
May 29, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by LaDawn Lanier, M.Ed, M.Ed for a very important discussion. LaDawn talks with us about sex education. She tells us the real meaning of sex education and what it includes. She talks about what sex education looks like in the...
May 22, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. This episode is a mom spotlight where we have conversations with moms who are doing great things in the autism parenting community. Today we are joined by Jessie Lipscomb, who is a media consultant, blogger, and illustrator. Jessie talks with us...
May 01, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Mercedes Samudio, LCSW for an engaging discussion. Mercedes talks about our parenting identity. She discusses parent shaming and what it is. She also talks about the different forms of parent shaming. Lastly she speaks on ...
Apr 24, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart for an engaging discussion. Dr. Lockhart talks about diagnoses that can co-occur with autism. She also talks about the difference between co-regulation and self-regulation, and ways to manage your t...
Apr 17, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. This episode is a mom spotlight where we have conversations with moms who are doing great things in the autism parenting community. Today we are joined by Jasmine Poole, who is a registered neurosurgery nurse. Jasmine talks with us about her aut...
Feb 14, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The Autism in Black Podcast is hosted by Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC and focuses on all things autism and the black parent experience. Our goal is to educate, support, and empower black parents to advocate not only for their children but themselves as well. Today we are joined by Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW who is a licensed clinical social worker and registered play therapist supervisor. Carmen explains what play therapy is and the benefits of participating in play therapy. She goes on to give exam...
Feb 07, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
