Autism, Marriage, and Surviving Caregiver Burnout | Tash Dillmon

About this episode

This episode features a conversation about autism parenting, caregiver burnout, and the emotional realities faced by caregivers, with insights from Tash Dillmon on her personal experiences with grief and marriage.

Autism parenting, caregiver burnout, and caregiver stories are at the heart of this episode of Inchstones as Sarah Kernion talks with Tash Dillmon of Moms Talk Autism about grief, marriage, mental health, and parenting autistic children after profound loss. In this raw and deeply personal episode of Inchstones, Sarah sits down with Tash Dillmon for an honest conversation about autism parenting, surviving the loss of a child, navigating marriage through trauma, and the emotional realities many special needs caregivers silently carry. Tash shares the story of losing Jack’s twin brother, Jameson, during pregnancy and how grief shaped her experience as an autism mom from the very beginning. Together, Sarah and Tash discuss autism diagnosis journeys, caregiver burnout, maternal mental health, suicidal ideation, neurodivergent parenting, identity loss, and the pressure many mothers feel to keep moving no matter how much they are carrying internally. They also explore the power of partnership in marriage, the emotional depth autistic children often possess, and how parenting autistic children can radically transform the way families experience empathy, love, resilience, and presence…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Kernion

Guest: Tash Dillmon

Topics covered

• autism parenting
• caregiver burnout
• grief
• marriage
• mental health
• neurodivergent parenting

Keywords

• autism
• caregiver stories
• mental health
• loss
• empathy
• resilience
• neurodiversity

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