Spectrum Perspectives
Spectrum Perspectives is a safe space for parents, families, and anyone touched by Autism and special needs. Hosted by Cindy Gelormini, a mom who’s walked this journey herself, the podcast shares real conversations with parents, adults on the Spectrum, professionals, and advocates who understand both the challenges and the beauty of living life on the Spectrum.
Cindy isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions and open the door to topics that parents often wrestle with quietly—things like ABA therapy, bullying, vaccine injury, abuse, and new ways of communication such as Spelling to Communicate. As the show grows, so does the conversation—Season 4 explores spiritual insights, including telepathy and the hidden gifts that many families are just beginning to discover.
If you listen with an open mind and a tender heart, you may find comfort, hope, and maybe even a brand-new perspective on what it means to love someone on the Spectrum.
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Episodes
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Keri has a twin who was diagnosed with Autism. She talks about life growing up with him as a sibling, and becoming his guardian in the future. She is now a Speech Pathologist in New Jersey at a school for kids with Special Needs and also owns her own private practice where she works with kids and adults on the Spectrum.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Cindy met Kelly when she spoke at her conference for Autism moms in Pittsburg, PA in 2022. Kelly is an Autism mom who started the "Autism Caring Center". She holds activities for Autism families trying to fill the gaps of what's needed in her area. She also does Autism training for businesses that want their employees to know how to interact with people with Autism. They raise money each year at the "Summer Fade Away Festival". Find out what that is when you listen to this episode.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Cindy met Kelly when she spoke at her conference for Autism moms in Pittsburg, PA in 2022. Kelly is an Autism mom who started the "Autism Caring Center". She holds activities for Autism families trying to fill the gaps of what's needed in her area. She also does Autism training for businesses that want their employees to know how to interact with people with Autism. They raise money each year at the "Summer Fade Away Festival". Find out what that is when you listen to this episode.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Kim Bays is the mom of twin boys who are both on the spectrum. The also lives on an 800 acre cattle ranch in Texas. After a trip to Great Wolf Lodge she decided she wanted to create a place for autism families to go for a vacation and get some respite and celled it Martha's Ranch. After having her kids tested for food sensitivities, she has also worked on cooking foods that fit their special diets, and wants to help parents with this too.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
When Krista Mason's autistic son Benjamin was a young boy she had a vision of a farmstead community for adults with Special Needs that would be a perfect project....for someone else. Years later she moved from NJ to Michigan where someone donated 40 acres so she could fulfil this dream. She built this amazing community with living facilities, a working farm, day programs, a church, and incorporates using RPM. Watch the video episode on YouTube.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
One of John Poston’s twins was born with Down Syndrome 24 years ago. When it was time for him to enter preschool, no schools would take him. So he built his own inclusion pre-school where he and his sister could attend school together. After high school, once again, there was no place for his son to go. He wanted him to have a “college life” experience like his siblings and a place where he could live and be taken care of throughout his lifetime. So John bought land in Texas and built “Daymark Living”, a place modeled after assisted living facilities complete with a pool and rec center where his son, and others like him, could live. Listen to find out how he did it, and what "Tulipalooza" is!.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Nate’s brother is 27 and has Down’s Syndrome. Growing up in a family that pushed for his inclusion, they have continued that effort by founding “Co-Home”. They purchased a large 9 bedroom house where adults with Special Needs live alongside other Neurotypical people in Morristown NJ and they can walk to town to buy groceries, visit the coffee shop and go to work. This is not a group home, it’s quite different, and a great model for other parents to follow who are looking for living solutions for their young adult children with Special Needs.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Michele is the President and CEO of Our House Inc. who runs group homes and day programs for adults with Autism and Special Needs in New Jersey. We discuss the process of how to get a loved one into a group home, how to plan for their future as far as care, housing, work programs and how to plan financially.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Gary talks about planning for his son’s future and setting up a Special Needs trust for his son. He now runs the non-profit POAC Autism Services where they hold over 300 events a year for Autism families, and do trainings for teachers and Police officers.
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Saturday Aug 30, 2025
Gary’s son was born in 1994. His pre-school teacher recommended he see a Neurologist so they called CHOP where there was a 6 month wait to get in. So Gary called every week looking for a cancellation and finally got him in. He was diagnosed with Autism at 3 ½ years old. Gary talks about being a Dad raising a son in Toms River New Jersey where they have the highest rate of Autism in the entire nation of the US.