Travel and Vacations with a Level 2/3 Autistic Adult Many families stop traveling entirely once the logistics start to feel impossible. They don’t have to. The logistics are learnable, and...
Evaluating Providers and Avoiding Snake Oil: A Skeptic’s Guide for Autism Families An entire industry of questionable providers targets families precisely because the legitimate service system is so inadequate. Knowing...
Autism and the Criminal Justice System: When Your Adult Child Is a Suspect, Victim, or Witness Autistic adults are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, in every role that...
Navigating Hospitals: Inpatient Stays When Your Autistic Adult Needs Surgery or Extended Care Caregivers consistently describe an inpatient hospital stay as among the worst experiences of their entire caregiving life....
The ER with an Autistic Adult: Preparing for the Visit You Can’t Avoid Every caregiver of a Level 2 or 3 adult eventually faces this. Almost every one of them...
Menstruation and Reproductive Health Management for Autistic Women and Girls Caregivers ask about this constantly in every support group that exists. Published guidance almost never answers them, because almost everything...
Sexuality, Relationships, and Sex Education for Autistic Adults with High Support Needs Adults with high support needs are sexual beings with the same developmental drives as anyone else. Silence on...
Organizing locally (support groups, coalitions, mutual aid) When the formal system lags, four or five families who trust each other can build something the state hasn’t. A shared ride, a...
The Waskul settlement and what it means in meetings A 2013 class action settlement already tells your CMH exactly how services are supposed to be decided. Most families have never...
Transportation barriers (paratransit, NEMT, brokerages, and workarounds) A missed pickup doesn’t just cost a ride. It costs the appointment, the day program slot, the job shift, and sometimes the entire...
