Introducing Erik Raschke!
Erik is the author of two novels, many short stories and articles. He currently splits his time between Amsterdam and New York. His most recent novel, To The Mountain, is based on his experiences raising his autistic son.
Erik came on the show to talk about the sacrifices and commitments him and his family had to make just to get his autistic son an education. This was such a great episode from a personal level and, of course, for having such an amazing guest on the show.
My nephew has an extreme case of autism and his mum, Vicky (shout out to the family), really wanted me to do an episode around autism, and once I started speaking to people I realised that there is a whole lack of support for children who have autism and parents of autistic children. If I could use this platform that I have created to help make some form of change through education then that's what I shall do. This is why this episode was really important for me to do.
Erik was a perfect guest to have, capturing the very reasons why speaking about autism is needed. He has been a voice for his son, like many other parents of autistic children, for so long - even going as far as writing books talking about his experiences, and like him - many parents are fighting the fight for their child's voice to be heard.
To get more information on autism please head to the National Autistic Society website at; https://www.autism.org.uk/ . To get in touch with Erik you can head over to his website http://erikraschke.com/ AND you can find his books right here: http://erikraschke.com/books
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