Quick Answer Getting an autism diagnosis starts with a referral — from your pediatrician, your child's school, or a direct request to a developmental specialist. From there, your child will go through a formal evaluation with a licensed psychologist, developmental pediatrician, or psychiatrist, ...
How to Get an Autism Diagnosis for Your Child: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to help an autistic child with fireworks: 10 strategies that actually work
Last Updated: May 2026 This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. The 4th of July is one of the most sensory-demanding nights of the year and in our house, we have learned that the difference between a survivable evening and ...
Father’s Day Gifts for Special Needs Dads: What He Actually Wants
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Influencer, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you. Let me be honest about something. The Father's Day gift guides that exist for special needs dads are mostly written by people who have never lived this life. They suggest massage gift ...
Black Father’s Day quotes: 60 powerful words for Black dads
Last Updated: May 2026 Black fatherhood is one of the most misrepresented, most stereotyped, and most quietly extraordinary things in American life. The Black fathers I know, including my husband Courtney, show up in ways that get no headline. They sit in IEP meetings. They research autism ...
Juneteenth activities for kids with autism: celebrating Freedom Day as a sensory-friendly family
Juneteenth has always meant something specific in our house. As an Afro-Panamanian family raising two Black autistic sons, Freedom Day isn't a generic holiday, it's a reckoning, a celebration, and a responsibility all at once. It's the day we talk about what freedom actually cost, what it actually ...
