Parents & Caregivers
I offer guidance through the world of neurodiversity that’s clear, compassionate, and meets you where you’re at. Together, we’ll identify what’s working, tackle what isn’t, and build a toolkit for understanding, articulating, and responding to your child’s needs.
Have you ever felt like your child was speaking a different language?
Like they have so much to say—so much to offer—and the people around them just aren’t hearing it?
Have you fought tooth and nail to get your child’s school to acknowledge their strengths one day…
then had to fight for acknowledgement of their struggles the next?
Have you followed the advice of every doctor under the sun—but your child is still suffering?
Have you sincerely tried to comfort them only to trigger a meltdown, leaving you wondering “what the heck did I say?”
Let’s get this out of the way:
Parenting a neurodivergent child can be super freaking hard.
(Yep. You’re allowed to say it.)
Not because they’re not lovable, not because they’re not smart, and not because you’re a bad parent.
It’s because they’ve been marginalized: our society isn’t designed for them.
That’s not your fault—or theirs. And it certainly isn’t right. But it does mean that truly understanding and supporting autism and ADHD, and finding service providers that do the same, can take some extra know-how.
I offer guidance through the world of neurodiversity that is clear, compassionate, and meets you where you’re at. You’ll learn about the history, mechanisms, strengths, stigma, and struggles of autistic and ADHD minds. More importantly, you’ll learn to translate that knowledge into actionable ways to maximize your child’s confidence and well-being.
Together, we’ll identify what’s working, tackle what’s not, and build a toolkit for understanding and articulating your child’s needs.
Let’s get started!
What do you want to learn?
- Spiky cognitive profiles: why do we struggle to tie our shoes one minute and complete complex arithmetic the next?
- Inclusive education: What can be added to your child’s classroom to help them feel peaceful and capable? Is your child’s current IEP helping them gain skills—or is it teaching them to fit a mold?
- When school just doesn’t work: So you’ve decided to let your child stay home. Have you signed them up for failure? (Nope!) Are you a bad parent? (Not at all!) Can you still promote learning? (Yes, absolutely!)
- The problem with the pathology model: Why do research results and lived experience so rarely match up? Is “disabled” a dirty word? How can reframing our perception of autism, ADHD, and their associated struggles help to reduce the struggles in question?
- Transitioning to college/university: How could the new environment impact your child’s well-being? What’s the IEP process?
- Articulating experiences inside autism/ADHD: What do terms like “monotropism” and “hyperplasticity” really mean for autism/ADHD?
- The politics of language: “Autistic”? “Person with autism”? “ASD”? Why is how we refer to autism so contentious?
- Stimming and self-regulation: Why the heck do we keep flapping, stomping, and pacing? Should you intervene?
- Selfhood in parenting: Do you need to give up everything to raise a healthy autistic/ADHD child? (Spoiler: Please don’t!)