I talk every day with **parents raising autistic children**. And I’m seeing something that concerns me. More and more people are starting to use AI as their **personal life coach, therapist, or someone to turn to when they don't know what to do.** I...

How much of the support given to families raising autistic children is really focused on the child, while the parent quietly carries everything else? What happens when everyone asks, “How do we help the child?” but almost nobody asks, “What is happe...

Start understanding yourself before trying to change what happens around you. Raising an autistic child can bring challenges that test your emotional, mental, and physical capacity. Sometimes the same situation feels manageable one day and overwhelm...

Some days are full of love, progress, and moments that make you proud. Other days bring exhaustion, worry, guilt, uncertainty, and challenges you never expected. Your resilience matters. When you work on yourself as a parent, you build greater capac...

For parents of nonspeaking autistic children, this question deserves serious attention. Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell has spent years investigating reports involving nonspeaking autistic people and the possibility that some may communicate information in...