Before You Buy Another Fidget, Audit the Room
The chewy necklace isn’t the problem. The room might be. Here’s why changing what surrounds your child may matter more than adding another tool to the rotation.
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The Letter Said “At Risk.” The School Said Wait.
States are mandating dyslexia screening. Districts are sending letters home. And then nothing happens. Here’s why the system stalls after it flags your kid — and the specific things you can do this week to unstall it.
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The Pill Bottle in Your Hand Isn’t the Risk Factor
The fear that SSRIs during pregnancy cause autism has shaped thousands of medication decisions. But the largest sibling studies point somewhere else entirely — and what they found should change the conversation you’re having with your prescriber.
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AAC Communication Access Isn’t a Reward to Earn
The research is clear: AAC doesn’t prevent speech. Restricting it does. Here’s what actually works, and why the biggest shift isn’t a strategy — it’s a belief.
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When the parent is also neurodivergent: stories about life
When Your Child’s ADHD Evaluation Leads to Your Own. Find out more
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Why Sleep Didn’t Fix It
You slept nine hours and still can’t load the dishwasher. For ADHD and autistic parents, burnout doesn’t work the way everyone assumes — and neither does recovery.
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Strong and Struggling Aren’t Opposites
You’re both more stressed and more resourceful than most people around you, and those two facts don’t cancel each other out. Here’s what the research actually says about what helps.
