Parent leadership is the single most powerful driver of your child’s success.

In this episode, Laura picks up where she left off and moves into the practical, empowering side of the Medicaid Waiver. This conversation focuses on how parents can lead the process, advocate effectively, and build a plan that truly reflects their child’s real-life needs.

You’ll learn:

• Why parent leadership directly impacts waiver outcomes

• How budgets are determined through tools like the QSI and SANs

• How budgets support long-term planning

• Why documentation, team collaboration, and future-focused planning matter

• How families can adjust supports as needs change over time

This episode is about shifting from feeling overwhelmed by the system to realizing you are in control — and that informed advocacy can change your child’s trajectory.

👉 Next episode: CDC+ and how self-directed care allows families to choose who supports their child.

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In this episode of our Medicaid Waiver series, Laura shares her personal journey as a parent navigating complex medical systems for her two children with disabilities, including the impossible choices her family faced just to access care. That experience led to decades of advocacy and firsthand involvement in the Florida Medicaid Waiver program from its earliest days.

In this episode, Laura explains:

• Why the Medicaid Waiver was created

• How it removes parental income as a barrier to services

• Who qualifies for the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver

• What types of services the waiver can provide

• How individualized budgeting supports long-term outcomes

• Why parent leadership is the foundation of success

This conversation is about more than funding, it’s about keeping children at home, building independence, and supporting families for life.

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If you’ve ever been told “that service isn’t covered” or felt stuck trying to navigate Medicaid for your child, this series of episodes are for you.

In this first episode of the Florida Medicaid Waiver Explained of the No Limits Podcast, Laura Joslin breaks down the Medicaid Waiver Program — what it is, why it was created, and how it’s legally designed to support children with disabilities at home, in school, and in the community.

Laura shares this from both perspectives:

As a parent of two sons with cerebral palsy

And as a professional who has spent over 20 years working across therapy, education, and real-life functional support

In this episode, you’ll learn:

What the Medicaid Waiver is actually meant to do

Which diagnoses qualify under the waiver

The difference between the DD Waiver, iBudget, CDC+, and Medically Fragile Waiver

Why families get stuck on waiting lists or underfunded plans

How medically necessary services should align with real daily life

Why disconnects between doctors, schools, and therapy prevent waivers from working

This episode kicks off a multi-part series designed to help families understand and successfully negotiate a system that often feels overwhelming.

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In today’s episode, Laura sits down with Sarah, a military mom who uprooted her entire family so her daughter, Kate, could finally receive an education that honored her abilities instead of limiting them.

Kate has atypical Rett syndrome, is nonverbal, and previously had no access to communication tools. In public school, therapy services were reduced, communication was limited, and classrooms were overwhelmed. Sarah even witnessed firsthand, as a substitute teacher, just how much students with the highest needs were unintentionally pushed aside.

When their family prepared for a military move, Sarah researched every option in the country and discovered No Limits Academy. What she found here changed everything.

In this powerful conversation, Sarah shares:

✨ What it’s like navigating public school as a parent of a nonverbal child

✨ Why communication access changed her daughter’s life

✨ How therapeutic education (our No Limits Method) creates real cognitive progress

✨ The emotional and practical toll on families who feel they have no other options

✨ Why schools must shift from “babysitting and survival” to true education

Laura breaks down the systemic barriers, the failures of the current special education model, and why meaningful change is long overdue — not just for Kate, but for every child with unique abilities.

If you’re a parent, teacher, therapist, or administrator… this episode will challenge what you think education should look like and it will give you hope.

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Matthew Joslin’s story is proof that disability does not define destiny.

In this inspiring conversation with his mom and founder of the No Limits Method, Laura Joslin, Matthew shares how traditional school systems failed to see his potential — and how a new way of teaching helped him find his voice, independence, and calling.

From being nonverbal and misunderstood to graduating, earning a college degree, and following his calling to become a pastor, Matthew’s story embodies what the No Limits Method is all about: seeing the whole person, not the diagnosis.

💬 In this episode:

🪫 Why the public school system wasn’t equipped to meet Matthew’s needs

🌉 How the No Limits Method helped him with a bridge of therapy and education

🤝 The power of a collaborative team approach

🌈 Redefining success for individuals with unique abilities

✨ How faith and perseverance shaped his journey

It’s more than a method – it’s a movement.

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What does it take to rewrite a child’s future?

In this episode, Laura sits down with her son Matthew — who joined the Joslin family at 3 years old after surviving extreme early trauma, global brain damage, and a life spent in a crib.

He couldn’t sit.

He couldn’t crawl.

He couldn’t speak.

But he wasn’t done yet. 💪✨

Matthew shares his journey, from learning to communicate with clicks… to gaining his voice… to overcoming physical and sensory challenges with the support of family, therapy, and belief.

Today, he’s thriving in higher education and proving every day that potential is always there.

This is why the No Limits Method exists.

This is why we advocate.

This is why we never give up on kids with disabilities.

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How do we change a system that wasn’t built for kids with disabilities?

In this episode of the No Limits Podcast, Laura welcomes back Dyani Peterson, No Limits Academy graduate and disability advocate, to explore how the No Limits Method can reshape the national approach to K–12 special education. Dyani shares her lived experience, from being overlooked in public school to thriving in higher level education.

Together they discuss:

✅ Why collaboration between therapists + teachers change outcomes

✅ The dangers of low expectations and “happy over progress”

✅ What true educational accessibility looks like

✅ How therapeutic innovation must influence classroom instruction

✅ How we empower students to succeed beyond school

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In this episode of the No Limits Podcast, Laura sits down with No Limits Academy graduate and CEO of Dyani Speaks, Dyani Peterson. Born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Dyani uses assistive technology every day, but she refuses to be defined by her disability.

Her educational journey spans:

🎓 No Limits Academy (where she learned to access learning her way)

🎓 Eastern Florida State College (AA)

🎓 Florida Institute of Technology (BS in Biomedical Engineering)

📚 Currently pursuing a Master’s in Biomedical Data Science — with plans for a PhD

Together, Laura and Dyani explore:

✨ Why the K-12 years can make or break a child’s future

🤝 How therapists + teachers working as a team changes outcomes

🧠 The role of assistive technology in academic confidence

📣 Becoming your own advocate in college and beyond

This episode is a celebration of inclusion done right, and a reminder to never underestimate a child with unique abilities.

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