One day in August our son was diagnosed at age 3 with ASD. Our journey has been exhausting, extensive, and never-ending. I have made missteps along the way due to my lack of understanding of the importance of sensory needs and what a diagnosis with ASD really meant. I didn't grasp what each of the specialists did to help him and I could never seem to get a satisfactory answer on the purpose of the given therapies. For many years I assumed I was alone in this thought, but recently I started to think this may not be the case. I am not satisfied with what little information is out there both with clinical studies and our education system regarding ASD. There seems to be a "free for all" approach to what therapies an ASD child needs.

Maybe that isn't a bad thing, but I want to dig deeper to understand it all. In speaking with parents in my community, I gathered that each parent essentially seems to take matters into their own hands. Some withdraw from activities completely while some ignore their child's needs altogether. This exacerbates the issue of lack of care by not approaching this as a requirement by our institutions to address. In short, we are all flying by the seat of our pants trying to find the perfect combination of therapies that will help our ASD children. I wanted to create a space where all questions could be asked and information could be found. Please join us as we seek to learn everything ASD and more.