Siblings of Autism: Interview with My Son Spencer Barbera

Dr. Mary Barbera and Spencer Barbera discuss siblings of autism.
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Every family has their own stresses and unique circumstances. Our family just happens to have autism. As most of you know, my son, Lucas, was diagnosed with autism a day before his third birthday. By that time I had already had another child, Spencer, who is now 22 years old and is sharing his experiences for other siblings of autism. I know that every parent wants all of their children to be as safe as possible, as independent as possible, and as happy as possible, whether they have autism or not. But because parenting doesn’t have a finish line, it can be hard to determine whether you’ve accomplished those goals or not.

Some of you may know Spencer from my other training videos or articles. He’s made various appearances over the years in my work, but today he is twenty-two years old and entering medical school in the fall. Because of COVID, we’ve been blessed to have some extra time with him before he heads off into a new chapter in his life.

In today’s video you’ll learn:
✔️ The best advice I received for how to create a strong family unit by adapting family configurations for our needs.
✔️ One of the creative ways we respected Spencer’s need for boundaries and privacy.
✔️ How talking about autism helped Spencer on his medical school application.
✔️ What our family has decided to do about guardianship for Lucas.

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Dr. Mary Barbera. I fell into the autism world as an autism mom in 1999 when her first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with autism. Since then, she became a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and best-selling author of The Verbal Behavior Approach. Since 2015, she’s created 3 autism online courses based on applied behavior analysis for professionals and "gung-ho" parents. Whether you’re looking for autism parenting strategies, working with development delays in children, or in search of autism help for professionals, I can encourage you to subscribe to the channel and join me on my journey. I’ll be providing weekly autism resources that you don’t want to miss.

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