1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,160 Welcome to Unlimited Parenting, where we discuss having children with disabilities or special 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:13,640 health care needs. 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:20,480 I'm your host, Allison, and with me today is a very special guest and current IAPOL 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,600 intern, Caitlin. 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:29,760 Caitlin was a student supported by an IEP and is here to tell us all about transitioning 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,080 to adulthood from her perspective. 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,480 So let's get into the stuff and the things. 8 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:36,480 Welcome, Kaitlyn. 9 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:38,780 Hi, I'm so glad to be here. 10 00:00:38,780 --> 00:00:39,780 How are you? 11 00:00:39,780 --> 00:00:40,780 Doing pretty good. 12 00:00:40,780 --> 00:00:41,780 Good. 13 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:45,840 How has this work experience been for you here at IAPOL? 14 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,200 It's been eye-opening and very educational and I appreciate the opportunity that you 15 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:51,200 guys have given me. 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,320 Of course, I appreciate you saying that. 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,640 It's been really great to have you here. 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:02,640 Is there a part so far that you've liked or you wish you could have changed or what 19 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,000 are your primary duties right now? 20 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:10,480 I'm working through a whole bunch of spreadsheets for you guys right now, auditing, and then 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,440 something that I've loved is just getting to sit down and hear your guest's meetings 22 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:21,120 and the processes and the true amount of care and support that you guys put into everything. 23 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:22,880 Oh, perfect. 24 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:24,280 Perfect. 25 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:29,960 So before we talk any more about that, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? 26 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:33,520 So I am diagnosed autistic. 27 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:38,960 I've been diagnosed with autism since I was nine. 28 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:44,200 It's a reoccurring diagnosis three times with a whole bunch of other mental health uniquenesses 29 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,320 and challenges. 30 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:49,000 I am visually impaired, going blind. 31 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:54,460 I have retinal dystrophy, which is not many people have it. 32 00:01:54,460 --> 00:02:01,160 It's a little bit rarer than retinitis pigmentosa or stargard, which are very uncommon eye diseases. 33 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,160 Okay. 34 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:06,320 Also, I'm 20, so I just went through a very big transition. 35 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,880 Yes, out of school into the adult Medicaid side. 36 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,840 So I'm still in high school because I was forced to drop out because of some very awful 37 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,520 circumstances, but I'm eight credits to graduation. 38 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:22,520 Wow. 39 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,600 That's a huge accomplishment. 40 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,400 2.7 GPA. 41 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,400 Good for you. 42 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:36,720 So I think one of the things I wanted to ask you right off the bat is, I heard you mention 43 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:43,920 this the other day, that when you were younger, you didn't like the term disability. 44 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:51,680 No, so my family raised me to believe that I wasn't disabled. 45 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,960 I don't consider myself disabled. 46 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,640 I'm a person with unique challenges, just like everyone else on the street. 47 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:04,240 And I may have to do things a little bit differently, but that's what makes me special and unique. 48 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:10,860 And entering into adulthood, I've had to take on the title of disabled to get some accommodations 49 00:03:10,860 --> 00:03:17,120 that I use on a regular basis, like large print or audio or a sensory friendly space 50 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,080 for myself. 51 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,080 So I've had to take on that term more. 52 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:26,440 And is that why you decided to start referring to them as disabilities just because you felt 53 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,920 like that was your way to enter the world of services? 54 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:31,480 It's more societal accepted. 55 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:41,000 So I tend to use that term more because it conveys that I have unique accommodations 56 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,760 and special things. 57 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:54,080 I love that. 58 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:59,240 If you had to change the word, what would you call it? 59 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,240 From disabilities? 60 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,240 Yeah. 61 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:06,280 If you wanted parents to refer to it instead of saying, you know, my child is disabled. 62 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,480 My child has uniquenesses and my child is unique. 63 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:10,720 I love that. 64 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:19,640 It really speaks to the broader idea of coming from a strengths based perspective and how 65 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:25,840 maybe that word disability is kind of taking, I don't know, a negative connotation. 66 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:28,120 To me, it's beautiful. 67 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:33,320 It's sharing that your kid isn't like every other kid in elementary. 68 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:38,720 Your kid isn't experiencing all of these things that they get to tell a special story, whether 69 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,160 they can tell it or not. 70 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,360 And it's a special outlook. 71 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,840 I love taking away a lot of the negativity. 72 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:51,680 I love seeing it from the lens that it's not a limitation. 73 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Right. 74 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:53,680 It's just a difference. 75 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,080 It's what makes me special. 76 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,080 I love it. 77 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:05,000 I think another thing about you being here that has been really great for us as iPoll 78 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:12,720 and why I wanted to have you on here is we hear a lot about the process of transitioning 79 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:18,240 to adulthood from parents or providers or teachers. 80 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:25,600 But I'm really curious to hear what it's like for you as the person who was the center of 81 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,760 it going through it. 82 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:36,960 So first off, I saw this in one of your guys' seminars that I are teaching videos that I 83 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:38,760 watched. 84 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:44,440 It was, I can't remember the phrase exactly, but it was talk. 85 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,280 Don't talk about me without me. 86 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:47,280 Yeah. 87 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:48,280 Nothing about us without us. 88 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,280 Yes. 89 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:50,280 I loved that. 90 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:53,160 It's a permanent thing in my mind now. 91 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:54,740 Oh, that's great. 92 00:05:54,740 --> 00:05:58,680 So I was a part of every psychological appointment. 93 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:05,560 I was a part of every part of my plan because I was in behavioral therapy from the age of 94 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,240 nine to 18. 95 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:14,080 I was a part of every Liberty meeting, every meeting with my TSC, every meeting with my 96 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,000 res hab company. 97 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:21,560 I've been there for everything and my grandmother refuses to even do a meeting without me in 98 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,560 attendance. 99 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,080 Oh, I love that support. 100 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:26,080 Yeah. 101 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:33,240 So when you say you're a part of these meetings, do you mean that you're also leading or facilitating? 102 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:38,240 I'm leading all of it with guidance because I don't know how to word properly, but with 103 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,040 every decision I say yes or no on. 104 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:47,000 So you've really been given the ability to self advocate. 105 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Yes. 106 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,240 At the age of 14, I started taking over my behavioral therapy plans and by 16, I was 107 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,480 exclusively writing them with my grandmother signing them. 108 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:06,840 What about from the educational perspective, when you were in IEP meetings, how did you 109 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:08,120 feel about those? 110 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,520 Were you a part of that? 111 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:11,200 I was. 112 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:15,240 I grew up in a very rural school district in Idaho. 113 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:26,100 So I didn't have much IEP support, but I was still a part of it all. 114 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:35,340 Was there anything throughout the school IEP process or these meetings when you were facilitating 115 00:07:35,340 --> 00:07:38,720 them with your providers and your team? 116 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:45,480 Do you feel like there was anything in them that really prepared you for being an adult? 117 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,840 The realistic side of it, what do you want to do? 118 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:49,840 How do you want to live? 119 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,360 Are you planning on going to college? 120 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,080 A lot of those conversations were led by me. 121 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,560 Do I want to work? 122 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,920 What services do I want to receive? 123 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:08,760 All of those processes I was given a lot of information on and I appreciated that from 124 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:09,760 everyone. 125 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,840 Do you think it would be fair to say that you felt supported by the team? 126 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:14,840 Yes. 127 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:15,840 Good. 128 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,160 It's good to hear that you had a really good experience. 129 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,360 I'm also kind of curious though about the flip side. 130 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:27,040 Is there anything that you learned throughout this process, whether that's from the healthcare 131 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:35,640 side with DD or behavioral intervention or from the school side in terms of IEPs, that 132 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:42,920 wasn't really helpful or that you felt that it made it harder for you? 133 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,840 What would you change I guess? 134 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,680 I didn't get a lot of help through IEP. 135 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:55,000 I had an IEP, but I found it really helpful to actually work through my teachers directly, 136 00:08:55,000 --> 00:09:00,880 talking to them outside of IEP meetings and going, this is where I'm truly struggling 137 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,520 and this is where I need that support and help. 138 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:09,600 So learning how to speak for myself was a huge, huge benefit. 139 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,920 What do you think made the difference between the meeting and then just going to the teachers 140 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:15,920 on their own? 141 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,380 Was it just so many people in a room or intimidating? 142 00:09:20,380 --> 00:09:24,840 It's a lot for anyone to handle on a good day whether they have a disability or not. 143 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:25,840 Absolutely. 144 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:31,680 But to add people on top of that and then have your principal, your superintendent, 145 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:38,680 your SPED teacher, sometimes a representative coming in from other services and then later 146 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:44,680 as a teenager having the blind included, the commission for the blind, it was a lot of 147 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:45,680 people. 148 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:47,720 Yeah, it definitely sounds like a packed room. 149 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:48,720 And teachers. 150 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,620 I had all of my major subjects. 151 00:09:53,620 --> 00:09:58,120 Can you talk more about your experience with Idaho Commission for the Blind if people don't 152 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,280 know who that is? 153 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:07,120 Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired has quite literally changed my life. 154 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:14,840 I got introduced to them from a friend that had a blind kiddo. 155 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,800 I got introduced to my first cane. 156 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:22,760 I have gotten a lot of independence that I thought I would never have with having this 157 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:23,760 diagnosis. 158 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,760 Wow. 159 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,600 So they were really instrumental in helping you. 160 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,600 And they're always there. 161 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:36,880 I can call them anytime and they answer my questions about what services mean for me. 162 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,120 That's wonderful. 163 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,560 Can I ask how you heard about iPoll? 164 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:48,280 And I mean that in terms of what brought you here to this internship? 165 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,700 What in the community are you using to get this internship? 166 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:53,520 Is it vocational rehabilitation? 167 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,080 So it's actually through the commission. 168 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:03,240 So I'm working with my director and she's absolutely amazing. 169 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,560 I'm working also with my vocational rehab specialist. 170 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:12,720 I'm messing up her title probably, but she's up in my district up north that I work with 171 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,320 on a fairly regular basis. 172 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:25,840 I want to change topics for a minute and ask what does the future look like for you? 173 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,400 In the next six months or in the next 10 years? 174 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,920 Oh, can I ask both? 175 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:31,920 Yes. 176 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,520 So I'm graduating high school as soon as I physically can. 177 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:45,440 And then I am going to be going to a program led by the commission for the blind and visually 178 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:53,080 impaired that's going to work on my O&M, my cooking, all of these life skills. 179 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,800 I'm even going to be able to do a wood shop under complete sleep shade. 180 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:58,800 Wow. 181 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:04,960 Yeah, I get to do like wood carving and mess with power tools under complete sleep shade. 182 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,760 And for those that do not know what a sleep shade is, it's a blindfold. 183 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:14,300 We just use a different term in the blind community for obvious reasons. 184 00:12:14,300 --> 00:12:20,040 So it's just learning how to use different supports to navigate the environment. 185 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,600 It's a weird feeling. 186 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:28,120 I just recently read my first sheet of Braille, actually like three days ago, and your fingers 187 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:29,120 tingle. 188 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:38,540 It is the most surreal feeling to not have your vision and read something. 189 00:12:38,540 --> 00:12:40,720 What about 10 years from now? 190 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,440 10 years, I'm hoping I will have my first guide dog by then. 191 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:45,800 I'm in the process of doing that. 192 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,080 That's why I have to get O&M. 193 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,360 I want to get into being more of an advocate. 194 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,960 That's why I'm with you guys, because I want to learn how to be an advocate. 195 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,920 I'm not an advocate yet. 196 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,200 I want to be. 197 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,960 I feel like I have to disagree with that. 198 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,260 I feel like you've been a great self advocate. 199 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:08,000 And that is the first step to learning how to be an advocate for others, right? 200 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Yeah. 201 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:16,640 And then I want to get into legislation, education, and advocate. 202 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:17,640 That sounds fantastic. 203 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:22,560 And there's lots of room for you in that world. 204 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:28,480 And I have to say that you're doing a lot of the pre work really, really well. 205 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,800 You hear names when we have conversations and you say, who is that? 206 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:33,960 How do they help? 207 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,920 Can I have their contact information? 208 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:36,920 What would I do? 209 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,400 How would I reach out? 210 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,480 And I think that that's really great. 211 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:41,480 Yeah. 212 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,680 The big interest for me is service dog legislation. 213 00:13:45,680 --> 00:13:49,760 I have a focus in that, that I want to do. 214 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:57,400 I want to pursue more autism advocacy and a whole bunch of other umbrella term, umbrella 215 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,640 diagnoses. 216 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:06,360 So do you see yourself training others on how to navigate life with the service dog? 217 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:11,880 I want to do education on how to appropriately act around a service dog. 218 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,720 A lot of our public doesn't know what having a service dog means or that that's medical 219 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:21,000 equipment that costs thousands upon thousands of dollars. 220 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,600 So if someone's hearing this and they want to learn more about that, do you have a resource 221 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,960 or a website they could go to? 222 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:27,960 Google. 223 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:28,960 Google. 224 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:33,360 Also, the ADA is a beautiful place to start. 225 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:38,000 Those guide dog organizations have a lot of useful information. 226 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:43,120 The ones that I tend to research the most, I'm not endorsing or pushing anybody, but 227 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,440 I tend to go to GDB a lot. 228 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:49,400 They're in Raphael, California in Boring, Oregon. 229 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,560 And then I'm right now looking at Guiding Eyes out of New York. 230 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,320 Perfect. 231 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:03,160 What about living independently and supports and services? 232 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:04,800 It's been a journey. 233 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:05,800 It's been hard. 234 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:11,200 Finding the right roommates has been interesting. 235 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:17,880 I live with two other ladies that also have unique challenges. 236 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,320 And then we have a staff that's in there 24 seven with us to help with any like things 237 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:27,320 that may arise to help with our support needs. 238 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,400 And has that been successful so far? 239 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,560 Yes. 240 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:36,440 I'm sure there are growing pains and struggles when you're learning how to live with other 241 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,440 people. 242 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,400 But for the most part, has it been a good experience? 243 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:47,160 It's been knowing that I have that help and support has been very freeing that I can stumble 244 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,480 and fall and there's someone there to help me back up. 245 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,840 Oh, I love that. 246 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:53,840 That that's all you need. 247 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,220 You don't you don't need the support to make it through. 248 00:15:56,220 --> 00:15:58,600 You just need to know that someone's there. 249 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:59,600 Should you need it? 250 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:00,600 Yes. 251 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:01,600 And that's what everybody needs that. 252 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:02,600 Right. 253 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,600 Mm hmm. 254 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:11,440 What what what is something that you wish adults would know or do differently in regards 255 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,360 to youth who are going through this transition process? 256 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,600 I so my copay mechanism is I shut down. 257 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:24,760 So I would start curling in a mummy curling in on myself. 258 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:30,160 And then eventually I would wind up on the floor, like hiding under a table. 259 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,880 What what? 260 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:36,420 So when when the other IEP team members are in the room and they're seeing you do this, 261 00:16:36,420 --> 00:16:39,880 do they stop the meeting and take a break? 262 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,400 Or how did you get support? 263 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,880 My grandmother would continuing continue it because even during those hard conversations, 264 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,600 I'm still actively listening. 265 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,360 I'm still a part of it. 266 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:54,240 I just may not be able to verbalize what I'm thinking or feeling at that point because 267 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,280 I've gone nonverbal. 268 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,840 It sounds like your grandma was a really huge support. 269 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,680 Oh, so big. 270 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:01,680 She's my second mom. 271 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,760 My mom unfortunately passed away over nine years ago. 272 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,600 So it's it's been she's been my second mom. 273 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,920 She's raised me all but six months of my life. 274 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,120 Oh, huge shout out to your grandma. 275 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:15,120 Yes. 276 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:19,880 Yeah, she's she's I call her every day. 277 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,680 She helps me with everything. 278 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,720 She's my legal guardian at this moment. 279 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:30,280 It's a process that we're both learning and growing in. 280 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,520 And you're doing it together and she lets you take the lead, which I think is really, 281 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,400 really amazing. 282 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,560 Is there anything that I didn't ask that you would like to share? 283 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,840 Not that I can think of. 284 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:44,840 Okay. 285 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,440 Well, I really appreciate you taking your time. 286 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,440 Yes. 287 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:57,200 Thank you so much, everyone out there for listening in. 288 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:04,240 If you are in Idaho or planning on moving to Idaho and have any questions on systems 289 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:11,400 or services for children with disabilities, please reach out to us on our website at IPOL 290 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:12,960 Idaho dot org. 291 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,460 That's I P U L Idaho dot org. 292 00:18:16,460 --> 00:18:18,160 Be sure to tune in next time. 293 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:22,920 Until then, I'm Allison with Caitlin and this has been Unlimited Parenting.