Full Spectrum Parent
June 23, 2022
Ep. 19 : Letting Go: Learning To Release Our Kids Into The World (Part 3)
As special need parents, we believe God has entrusted us to care for our children.
But should we release our kids into the world like a typical parent would? Or should we care for our special needs kiddos indefinitely on our own?
There are no cookie-cutter answers to these hard questions, but it helps to talk with a parent who is a few steps ahead.
In Episode 19, we continue our series “Letting Go: Learning To Release Our Kids Into The World” by interviewing Fern Douglas.
Fern is a wife and mom of three. Her son, Alex, was born mentally and physically disabled. She shares openly regarding her struggles as a parent and how her and her husband prayerfully decided to place their son at the age of 20 into a group home.
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About Full Spectrum Parent Podcast
The Full Spectrum Parent Podcast is the only faith-based autism parenting podcast on the web. As pastors and special needs parents, each episode we offer parents a dose of help, a dose of humor, and a dose of hope.
About Greg and Jessica Hurlbut
Greg and Jessica Hurlbut are pastors in Upstate NY and parents of five kiddos; two whom struggle with severe autism, two adopted through foster care, and one typical teenage boy.
Greg and Jessica are huge adoption advocates. After adopting a sibling group of two from foster care in 2014, Jessica attempted to run 110 miles as a visual representation of the 110,000 kids currently in foster care who were freed to be adopted and in desperate need of a forever family. This feat sparked an annual National Adoption Day Run where over 100 virtual and in-person runners gather to complete a 125-mile relay across St Lawrence County in 24 hours.
When facing the grim diagnosis of autism, they searched far and wide for Christian resources to help them walk this difficult road and found none. Through the Full Spectrum Parent Podcast, Greg and Jessica desire to be the person they needed. Each episode offers practical advice and hope to special needs parents—reminding them God is with them, for them, and will use all they have endured for his glory.
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