About this episode
<p>On this episode, we're joined by Sean for our first ever live Christmas special recorded in front of our community.</p><p>We talk about what Christmas actually looks like with autistic kids — the pressure to make it magical, the year we realised they didn't care about presents, and why one parent picks up McDonald's on Christmas Eve to reheat the next day.</p><p>Sean shares the moment his girls stood up and delivered speaking parts in their school play after years of sitting in the corner with a tablet. We get into schools that actually meet kids where they are, the ones that don't, and a story about a boy who got cut from his nativity because he's autistic.</p><p>Plus — the spitting mystery that had everyone stumped until someone checked her back teeth.</p>
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