New podcast episode: A Warrior's Mentality
Harry Psaros, autism dad and author
In the new episode of the Adjusting the Sails podcast, Harry Psaros, author and father of a child with autism, discusses his "dad-ication" to helping his son with autism succeed. His son started as a child with significant deficits, limited communication skills and an uncertain future. Harry took on a "warrior's mentality" and educated himself and his family about how to best serve and raise his child, seeking new therapies and methods to help his son better integrate into his environment and improve his communication.
Years later, Harry's son is a soon-to-be college graduate with a bright future. He is still navigating life with autism but has grown so much since those early years.
Harry writes about his experiences as a father to a child with autism, and shares the knowledge and resources that helped his family along the way in his book "From Struggle to Strength: A Father's Journey with Autism and the Power of Hope and Positivity".
Adjusting the Sails is a podcast about the lives and specific challenges children with special healthcare needs and other disabilities face along with their families, caregivers and service providers, and how to manage those challenges. The podcast is a platform for all disability-related topics to be discussed and serves as a mediator between families and caregivers, allowing them to share their stories and experiences. Adjusting the Sails features guest speakers, panelists and a variety of program representatives and service providers to offer education and training to the listener.
This podcast is sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health/Children with Special Health Care Needs Program and the West Virginia Family 2 Family Health Information Center and produced by the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities.
Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the official views of the hosts, the Department of Human Services Office of Maternal Child and Family Health/Children with Special Health Care Needs Program, the West Virginia Family 2 Family Health Information Center, nor the West Virginia Center for Excellence in Disabilities.