Show Notes
To kick off the rest of Season 2, we had the chance to talk with Ali Alabbas. Ali owns a media production company, Insight Media Productions and is a member of the non-profit organization, Talk To Muslims, which focuses on providing support to the local Muslim community and empowering individuals to develop their skills and passions.
Along with all of this, he is a loving father to a son with autism and just last year, he and his wife decided to take a life-changing step and go to Panama to get his son stem cell therapy to help treat the symptoms of his autism. Tune in to our mid-season premiere to learn more about this emerging therapy and how Ali has navigated his life as a father, from wanting a sense of normalcy for his son, finding community resources, and accepting his son for who he is, no matter what others might have to say.
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