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b"In this week's episode, my friend Ray Bracht joins me to talk about special needs parenting from a dad\\u2019s perspective. Ray is an autism dad and an autism step-dad. He opens up about what his journey as a special needs dad has been like. We talk about some of the challenges he\\u2019s currently facing, what he fears about the future, how all the stress impacts his marriage, and what his hopes are for his amazing family. We talk dad stuff and even answer some listener questions. This was a great conversation and I hope it inspires other dads to open up.\\nPlease note that in the episode, Ray states that he\\u2019s 56 years old. He is in fact 52 years old and I promised I would clarify that in the notes. :-)\\nAbout Ray Bracht: \\nRay is the father of a young adult dude with Autism who lives at home with him and his wife on their hobby farm in semi-rural Minnesota. Ray works in IT, 100% remotely, and his wife is a paraprofessional who works with DCD high schoolers in a nearby town. Both Ray and his wife, who is Cam\\u2019s step-mom, are legal guardians and are currently faced with challenges related to transitioning to adulthood and what the future looks like for Cam. The family enjoys camping in their travel trailer, concerts, movies, plays, and gardening.\\nAbout Rob Gorski and The Autism Dad podcast:\\nRob Gorski is a single Dad to three amazing autistic boys and Found and CEO of The Autism Dad, LLC. Multiple award-winning blogger, podcaster, content creator, digital marketer, social media influencer, and respected public figure for well over a decade.\\nConnect with Rob Gorski: https://listen.theautismdad.com.\\n\\nFeatured in this week\\u2019s episode:\\nGoally\\nGoally is a digital visual scheduler, AAC talker, token board system, and more all rolled into one easy-to-use app. It's made for unique thinkers like autistic kids and kids with ADHD. Kids together with Goally can conquer daily routines and therapy practice without prompting from mom or dad. This reduces that feeling of nagging your kids, and it also grants your kids some autonomy to sort of manage their own lives. Goally can easily be used on your child's existing device or with Goally's optional and affordable, dedicated device. In my house, we found that the dedicated device seems to work better for my son, so that's what we use.\\nFor more information, you can visit getgoally.com and use the code \\u201ctheautismdad\\u201d to save 10% off your order.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"