Month: March 2024

LPH09: Tracie Kelly’s story about autism, ingenuity, and soap

LPH09: Tracie Kelly’s story about autism, ingenuity, and soap

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Join us on Let’s Plant Houses when I sit down with Tracie Kelly, a savvy and resourceful mother and entrepreneur. Tracie discusses pivotal moments including her son’s diagnosis of autism to the creation of his thriving business Expedition Soaps, the completion of his college degree, his well traveled passport, and his future just beginning. In turn, Tracie has used her own lived experience to launch the IEP Advantage, a groundbreaking resource that equips parents with the knowledge and confidence to advocate effectively for their children and special education needs.

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LPH08: Rhonda Gelstein and the Story Behind Tyler’s Bottle Service, disability entrepreneurship, and IDD

LPH08: Rhonda Gelstein and the Story Behind Tyler’s Bottle Service, disability entrepreneurship, and IDD

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In this episode of Let’s Plant Houses, we talk about autism employment, disability entrepreneurship, and family resilience as we sit down with Rhonda Gelstein to hear her powerful story. After her son Tyler finished high school and a trade program, he still could not find a job, even with his advanced degree. Instead of giving up, Rhonda helped Tyler turn his simple chore of returning bottles into Tyler’s Bottle Service, a small business that now serves all of Oakland County and has been running for 12 years.

Rhonda shares the challenges they faced, the wins that kept them going, and the lessons they learned along the way. Their journey is a hopeful example of creativity, hard work, and autism employment done with dignity and purpose.

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