The Telepathy Tapes: Now What?
The Telepathy Tapes: Now What is a companion series hosted by parents of non-speakers Betsy Hicks-Russ and Libby Ingram, created for families who’ve heard The Telepathy Tapes and are asking the same question: now what? Through honest conversations with parents, experts, and community leaders, the show offers guidance, hope, and real-world next steps for navigating life after the realization that your child is truly in there.
Episodes
More Than Behavior
In this episode of The Telepathy Tapes: Now What?, Betsy Hicks-Russ and Libby Ingram sit down with occupational therapist and Sunrise Therapies founder Erin Clarelli to take a deeper look at whole-body apraxia, and what parents and practitioners can actually do to support a body that doesn’t always follow the mind’s intentions.Erin breaks down motor loops, sensory differences, co-regulati
Ky Dickens' Journey to The Telepathy Tapes
This week, Betsy and Libby turn the microphone around on Ky Dickens, creator of The Telepathy Tapes. Ky shares the deeply personal story behind the series from years of rejection and the moment she feared the project might never reach the world, to its unexpected rise as a global phenomenon. She reflects on the non-speakers and families who shaped the work, the criticism that followed its
The Regulated Caregiver
In this episode, Betsy and Libby sit down with somatic trauma practitioner Lisa Fairman to explore how stress, grief, and chronic caregiving shape the body, and why nervous system regulation matters for the entire family. Together they discuss co-regulation, trauma responses, boundaries, grief, nutrition, and practical ways caregivers can move from survival mode toward greater steadiness
The Gift in Grief and Loss
What happens to our relationships after someone we love dies? Can connection continue even when physical presence is gone?In one of the most heartfelt conversations of the series, Betsy and Libby sit down with child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Eric Fier to explore grief through a profoundly different lens. Drawing from the loss of his own daughter, Dr. Fier shares how his understandin
Vision and the Non-Speaking Mind
For many non-speakers, vision challenges are hiding in plain sight. In this episode, Betsy and Libby sit down with neurodevelopmental optometrist Dr. Susan Daniel to explore the profound connection between vision, apraxia, communication, and regulation.Dr. Daniel explains why many non-speakers struggle with eye teaming, fixation, and visual processing—and how these challenges can affect e
Understanding Whole-Body Apraxia
In this episode of The Telepathy Tapes: Now What?, Betsy Hicks and Libby Ingram sit down with occupational therapist and autism researcher Dr. Dana Johnson to explore the concept of whole-body apraxia and why so many assumptions about autism may be based on motor challenges rather than intellectual limitations.Together they discuss the difference between speech apraxia and whole-body apra
Children of Oneness Ft. Suzy Miller
In this deeply moving conversation, Betsy Hicks Russ and Libby Ingram sit down with intuitive communicator and autism researcher Suzy Miller to explore the profound shift in consciousness many families are beginning to witness through their nonspeaking children.Together they discuss the tension between seeing autism as a tragedy versus recognizing the gifts these children may carry includ
The Children Who Came to Wake Us Up Ft. Martha Beck
There is a quiet paradox many parents of high-support-needs children carry:How can someone be the greatest light in your life and the greatest source of heartbreak?In this profound conversation, bestselling author and spiritual teacher Martha Beck joins Betsy Hicks Russ and Libby Ingram to explore the sacred, painful, transformative reality of raising children who challenge everything we
The System Got It Wrong
In this episode of Now What?, Betsy Hicks Russ and Libby Ingram sit down with engineer and independent researcher Becca Cramer to explore one of the most debated and rapidly evolving topics in the autism world: spelling as a form of communication.As more non-speakers begin expressing themselves through letter boards and typing, a growing number of families, educators, and professionals ar
What about the Siblings?
Discover the layered experience of growing up alongside a sibling with complex needs. In this episode, Betsy Hicks-Russ and Libby Ingram are joined by their children, Jessie and Thomas, for an honest and deeply personal conversation. Together, they explore communication and their evolving understanding of connection—from spelling to telepathy. Through the sibling lens, this episode offers
They Were Always In There
In this episode, Betsy and Libby sit down with Natalia Meehan and Maria Welch to map the major spelling pathways supporting non-speakers today. They explore and explain core concept underneath it all: apraxia (the brain–body disconnect). They break down why spelling is a motor-based communication method, why you can’t just “buy a letterboard,” and why communication partners hold and reset
A Mother's First Questions
After the release of The Telepathy Tapes, many listeners were left with the same lingering question: now what?In this first episode, hosts Betsy Hicks and Libby Ingram begin answering that question through a deeply personal and practical conversation. Joined by a mother of a non-speaking child who is just starting out on her journey, they explore what it actually looks like to support, un
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