Hope It Helps
What Nobody Tells You About Life After Your Child's Autism Diagnosis | Dalia Sadiq
Dalia Sadiq is a neurodiversity advocate and founder of Parent Pathways, a peer-to-peer support community for parents of neurodivergent children. Built from her own experience navigating her son's autism diagnosis at nine, Parent Pathways exists to break the stigma surrounding neurodiversity and create a safe space where parents can sit down, talk, share and learn from one another. In this episode we talk about the early signs and why getting answers took so long, what the diagnosis felt like when it finally came, how to help a child own their identity with pride and why the most important thing any of us can do is approach with curiosity rather than judgment. Last Message: "Have stubborn joy & keep going" 0:00 Intro 4:03 Dalia's Background 5:48 Autism Diagnosis 11:52 The Social Challenge and Beauty of Defining Autism 13:57 Patterns and Systemization 15:48 Getting the Right Help 22:08 Challenges With Schools 30:58 Challenges for the Parents 36:41 Neurodivergence Makes Us Better People 44:03 Adjusting Parenting 48:13 Jujitsu Helped a Lot 50:48 Regulated vs Dysregulated 56:38 Be Kind to Yourself 59:03 Arab Judgment — What Will People Say? 1:02:48 What Does Success Look Like for Him? 1:05:33 Parent Pathways 1:12:15 The Rise of Communities 1:15:08 Proud 1:17:06 Last Message Follow Dalia: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalia-sadiq-37414211/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parentpathwaysbydalia/ Follow Hope It Helps: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaled-abuljebain/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopeithelpspod/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hopeithelpspod Website: www.hopeithelps.net Ready to stand out? Let’s launch your podcast NOW!: https://calendly.com/hopeithelps/podcast-launch
