Neurodivergent Moms: SkillCorps Spotlight, with Sarah Glass and Eliza Cagle | TBT

Discover what’s possible when you get the right support. 

Have you ever wondered about the overlap between ADHD and autism? Or how being neurodivergent might affect parenting? 

If so, you’ll want to listen to this episode with Sarah Glass and Eliza Cagle. Although they’ve never met in person, Sarah and Eliza have several things in common. They’re both late-diagnosed neurodivergent women, mothers to their respective boys on the spectrum, and Board Certified Behavior Analysts. Sarah has ADHD and Eliza is autistic. They’re also both members of our SkillCorps® Alumni community. 

SkillCorps® is a carefully curated 10-day journey that includes developing culturally-relevant and sustainable training with our partner staff, listening to local Autistic Self-Advocates and family members to learn about their lived experiences, sharing meals with community members to brainstorm ideas and solutions, and executing a high-impact project to build on existing work being done in the country. 

This episode with Sarah and Eliza was first released in June of 2021. We are re-releasing it today to highlight our SkillCorps program. We currently have a team of SkillCorps® volunteers in Peru! You can follow the team’s live updates on our Instagram @globalautismproject. 

In this conversation, we discuss:

• Sarah and Eliza finding out about their diagnoses as adults
• Support and strategies to reduce sensory overload and improve executive functioning skills
• Strengths related to thinking out of the box and being hyper focused on certain subjects
• Disclosing diagnoses at work and requesting accommodations
• How Sarah and Eliza talk about autism to their kids
• Personal and professional growth from volunteering with SkillCorps®
• Inspiring moments with our Global Autism Partners
• Advice for mothers and other applicants interested in going on a SkillCorps® trip

We’d like to give a shout out to our SkillCorps® 2024 Title Sponsor, Action Behavior Centers. We’re excited to be partnering with businesses to create opportunities for employee development and growth through our SkillCorps® program. 

SkillCorps® Business Partners endorse employee participation in our SkillCorps® program and provide support to selected sponsored employees through granting time-off, providing funds to support team member fundraising, and more! 

Thank you, Action Behavior Centers, for being a model organization in the industry. 

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