Taking Authority Over Autism

Sheletta's new book defies the odds...

Sheletta's new autism children's book Daniel Finds His Voice defies the odds and sells out just two days after it's debut. 

Daniel's book already a best seller!

Hours after Sheletta's new children's book about her son Daniel was featured on CBS This Morning with Gayle King, it became a best seller on Amazon.com.  She talks about how God's goodness and grace made it happen in this emotional episode of her Taking Authority Over Autism podcast...

Things can and will get better

Sheletta believes her appearance on a new cooking show called Family Dinner streaming on Discovery Plus will inspire and offer hope to other parents of special needs children.

Second verse, same as the first...

When Texas' governor lifted the mask mandate, Sheletta decided to cancel the book giveaways she'd planned for April at the elementary school she attended in Houston. This scenario is eerily similar to what happened when she released her first book last year when COVID-19 came on the scene and shut down all her promotional events...

Daniel's book will have you dancin'...

Sheletta is excited that her second children's picture book will be out in April for Autism Awareness Month. Daniel Finds His Voice will help teachers and therapists rethink how they reach some children who are on the spectrum...

Kids with autism are naughty, too...

When Sheletta tried to go into her home studio and record a quick live radio interview, her kids, who had been quiet for at least an hour, decided to turn things up a notch to make sure and provide the loudest distraction possible.

Helping like Holly...

On the one year anniversary of her autism podcast, Sheletta Brundidge talks about her mission to help other parents of kids who have special needs like Holly Robinson Peete helped her when three of her four children were diagnosed on the spectrum...

Music matters...

When Sheletta heard the story of how the inaugural poet Amanda Gorman used music to help her with a speech impediment, it reminded her of her son Daniel who learned to talk by singing Lil Nas X's Old Town Road. She reminds parents that music matters and may be a way to help your special needs child learn to talk...

The importance of classroom inclusion

Sheletta's friend and fellow podcaster Reg Clark talks about the importance inclusion plays in educational success of children with special needs...

Become the parenting paraprofessional...

After seeing the desperation of a fellow autism mom on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, Sheletta is helping parents learn to become paraprofessionals so they can help their special needs children during this unprecedented pandemic...