Refrigerator Moms is an autism podcast by and for autism moms, hosted by Kelley Jensen and Julianna Scott.Born from 20 years of friendship, during which they navigated the trenches of autism parenting and advocacy, the Refrigerator Moms is Kelley Jensen and Julianna Scott’s way of reaching out to parents waging the same battles they were. Their purpose with this podcast is to clear the fog, silence the noise, and find a path through neurodivergence for parents that are stuck between bad choices. They tackle parenting topics such as mom guilt, tantrums, pathological demand avoidance, siblings, medication, comorbidities, social media, and much more.
Latest Episodes
What Autism Parents Should Know About AI
Julianna and Kelley unpack what they are seeing in the fast growing world of AI and autism, from Julianna's trip to the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit to the apps, wea...
Does PDA Parenting Actually Work Against ABA Therapy?
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) has become one of the most talked about frameworks in autism parenting, and it is often presented as the opposite of ABA therapy. T...
Inside the Making of "An Open Door" with John Festervand
This episode of Refrigerator Moms goes behind the scenes of An Open Door: Temple Grandin, the documentary that picked up where the HBO film left off. John Festervand, ...
Temple Grandin: Why High Expectations Beat Overprotection in Autism Parenting
Dr. Temple Grandin joins Julianna Scott and Kelley Jensen to talk about the refrigerator mother theory this show is named for, and what her own mother's book actually ...
What Nobody Tells You About Autism and Puberty
Puberty is hard enough without autism in the mix, and almost nobody talks about it honestly. Julianna and Kelley tackle the cringy, necessary conversations that come w...
