I still remember the first time a family from Salt Lake City told me their son refused to leave his bedroom during a school fire drill. He was not...
A parent sat across from me at Little Champs ABA not long ago and said, “He reads at a sixth-grade level, but he still can’t tell me why his...
Most stranger danger lessons were built around a single scenario: a stranger, a car, a park. That scenario almost never matches how risk actually shows up for autistic tweens...
A few months back, a mom in Columbus told me her son had quit three different activities before age eight, soccer, Cub Scouts, and a beginner guitar class, and...
Puberty and autism can intersect in ways that catch even well-prepared parents off guard. The body changes on its own timeline, but for an autistic child, the sensory shifts,...
Few stretches feel as urgent as the weeks right after a young child starts showing signs of autism. Parents want to do something now, while their child is small...
A new autism diagnosis usually leaves parents holding a thick evaluation packet and a long list of questions. Most of those questions are not about therapy. They are about...
If you have started typing “signs of autism” into your phone at 1 a.m., you are already doing the hard part: paying attention. Getting an autism diagnosis in Georgia...
The first week after a diagnosis tends to look the same in every family I meet: a folder full of referrals, a dozen phone numbers, and no clear sense...
If your autistic child is struggling at school, the single most useful thing you can do is slow down and figure out what the struggle is actually telling you....