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Josh acclimates to life back in Austin and wraps up Season One of ABA Abroad: Josh pictured with Mavis. Mavis is the Autism Compassion Africa Clinical Director the their Accra branch. Their Accra branch only does in-home therapy and consulting. Mavis enjoyed watching me eat a meal with my hands. Founder of ACA Dr. Whitney Hammel was generous enough to pay for lunch for Mavis, Iron, and myself. I told her "I will only eat the lunch if it's street food and I can use my hands."

Josh's final blog. His journey is over and it is time to return home: The head from the statue of the first Ghanaian president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was torn off during a 1966 coup in which he was overthrown and forced to flee Ghana. Did not expect Josh to provide more history facts than see exotic animals. Josh with the boys from the football match. I played some bully ball. Jost bodying them up and down the field all afternoon. I also had no touch as was seen in the USMNT

Josh works his final day in Ghana......for now: Awfully large table for a one (1) six-year old boy. Are you expecting this child to be conducting board meetings? What are we even doing? Chase, a five-year-old client enjoying the swing-set on the outdoor playground at his private school. I've said it before and I'll say it again....turf playgrounds FTW!! The playground yard at Chases' school. The yard is surrounded by a concrete wall which then has an electric fence going arou

Josh dives head first into a Ghanian bender: Republic Lounge in downtown Accra. Yes, this was pictured in the blog from two days ago too. Yes, there is a video of Iron jamming out to Outkast's "Sorry Miss Jackson." Josh with the family during the cake cutting ceremony for Grandma's 70th. She's not my grandmother but I wouldn't refer to her as anything else. Unless things change and I get married; is this the close I'll ever come to cutting a wedding cake (again this was not a

Josh finds out he is the "best man" of a Ghanian wedding: The groomsmen. This crew can definitely play. the hypothetical bachelor party location for this crew: Scottsdale. Wake up around 9:00AM to play 18 at Troon North. Have a few high noons on the course but nothing crazy. Then they hit up an all you can eat brunch around 1:00PM, followed by a pool party at club Maya. Everyone but Josh and the guy in the shades passes out around 4:00PM. Light dinner and party at Bottled Blo

Josh begins his new job at the Behaviour Hub: Pictured: Osu Main Station. This consists of a few blocks closed to traffic in downtown Accra. Here you can get a variety of foods, drinks, watch sports, listen to live music, and get offered weed and hookers. We keep it a buck here. New food UNLOCKED. Kofi Brokeman. Fried plantains with spicy peanuts. It was incredible, but I was disgustingly full after eating it. Obviously I ate it with my hands. Random jersey alert!! Former Bil

Josh begins his time in the capital city of Accra: Josh's first breakfast in Accra: Grilled Chicken, Boiled Yams. Boiled Plantains. The Macronutrient King of the East. Ghanaian mall. Literally the same thing as an U.S. mall. Do malls suck so much that in fact they have become underrated? Random jersey alert spotted on the road from Cape Coast to Accra. Darren Sproles Kansas State Wildcats. Josh seen atop the Independence square monument. No, I didn't actually touch the star.

Josh says his goodbyes to his Ghanaian family: Josh is gifted a traditional Ghanaian male outfit hand-made by the ACA staff! Can anyone say Cleveland Browns Color Rush jersey? Your fun Ghana fact for the day; I'm the first person to ever have a Modern Mullet AND wear this outfit at the same time. Abnea and Josh. Abnea is an extremely talented IBA at ACA. We share a love for crocs, lemon lounge, and burnt orange. I thought I was calm in crisis situations....until I met Abnea.

Get a behind the scenes look into how the blog is made: Editing content and staying goofy! Pic of Dominick uploading the vlog/blog onto ABA platforms. Whatever you call this ring/light device is a gateway drug to content creation....Having said that do I need one to improve the quality of my videos by getting one of these? Dominick (above) following in Josh's footsteps from earlier this week, RE: showing some skin. It's summer though so that's okay. Also few things in life sh

Josh begins to wrap things up at the clinic and joins the infamous "Mama Eli" for dinner: Josh (left) with Ghanaian content Producer Koby Erskine (right) (IG handle: @kobyjerskine). Koby is currently producing some sort of documentary which is documenting Josh documenting his time in Ghana, lol. Let's see how it all unfolds. Also Koby told me today after spending the entire week with me that his real name is Josh. How do you fucking wait that long to tell me that!? The perfec

Josh reaches the halfway point of his trip and explores the Ghanian culture: First Ghanian pizza I've seen. One bite everybody knows the rules! JK I didn't try it. Sugar + Nightshades.... Iron crushing the canopy walk. Him and I definitely set the record for the fastest time in and out of that place. My Slave Castle tour guide, Jacque. He was excellent. Also anyone who has ever been on a tour of anything with me, ESPECIALLY breweries and/or distilleries, knows that I am a NIG

Beatrice hands Josh the artwork created by the clients. She also asked each staff member to say something welcoming to me. As classic bros, the men basically had nothing to say lol. I totally get it. If the roles were reversed what the fuck would I say to this dude I’ve never met. Beatrice places the bracelet on my hand. For those who don’t know I wear a black and white lokai bracelet on each wrist. They’re supposedly to stand for always hopeful and always humble. Super corny

Josh goes into client homes and sees what life is like for a Ghanian child with Autism: From left to right: Christopher, Beatrice, and Josh. Christopher is a 13-year old with Autism. We had the opportunity to visit his house as well. Christopher couldn't have been more excited to see Beatrice upon her arrival. Me....eh. Christopher told me everything there was to know about him; his favorite food, his age, his parents names, his siblings names, and what he had for lunch. Unfo

Josh acclimates to the day in day out lifestyle work at Autism Compassion Africa: Cat version of Doby? Where my Harry Potter fans at!? ...Not an exotic animal. I gotta be honest folks I thought we'd be tallying more exotic animals. New meal unlocked: sauteed prawns (big shrimp)? Boiled yams on the side. No sugar obvi. The BCBA/IBA office. IBA stands for International Behavior Analysts. The BACB, Behavior Analyst Certification Board, does not allow people outside of the U.S.,

Josh gets to experience Ghanaian 'football' culture first hand: The Lemon Lounge menu. Looks like 5-year old me wasn't patiently waiting for dinner and asked the waiter for some crayons. THE SEC.....IT JUST MEANS MORE! Josh is seen at the Lemon Lounge with a local Ghanian wearing a South Carolina Marshon Lattimore jersey. Marshon Lattimore is an all-time "what if" guy had it not been for a catastrophic leg injury his senior season. Aaron Rodgers on the New York Jets. It's fun

Things in Ghana are more similar to the U.S. than I anticipated: Last night's dinner: Lettuce, carrots, peas, olives salad (no nightshades). Boiled Yams and Chicken. No sugar, LFG The kitchen where the clinic 'chef' prepares my rice, pieces of sausage, carrots, egg, and plantains. Today there happened to be shishito pepper sauce on it. I took one bite and instantly knew it was fish based. As someone who doesn't eat fish I panicked but still ate the entire plate. I was in too

The people wanted food content and the people will get what they want! The pool at my hotel. I haven't gone in it yet but I plan to. Infinity pools could be the most overrated or underrated type of pools depending on how you view them (pun). The Mount Rushmore of pools: Wave, Infinity, in-ground WITHOUT chlorine, March Madness (see what I did there). The restaurant at the Golden Hill Parker Hotel. This Restaraunt has become my go-to. It's also the only option. Think of it as

After a long flight it was time to make my way to Cape Coast: Akwaaba GHANA!! (welcome to Ghanna). Too bad I didn't know this yesterday or the blog would have been titled "Day 0: Akwaabae to ABA Abroad." "Shut up Josh, modern mullet Dad's don't get dad-joke privledges" - Steve K in Connecticut, United States. Touche Pictured above is the currency here in Ghana, the Cedi. Pronounced like the star receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, the U.S. exchange rate is 10:1. For those of you

Day 0 | Welcome to ABA Abroad This trip was not entirely on a whim. Heres a peek into the 7 months of prep: The seed was planted into my brain on Black Friday 2025. As seen in the above aforementioned football blog; I was ubering early in the morning from Westchester, NY to JFK airport to catch the first flight back to Austin. This would ensure I would be home in time to tailgate for roughly 12 hours prior to the rivalry clash with the Texas A&M Aggies that evening. My uber d