Daily routines and independence
Routines are not rigidity, they are how a lot of our kids make an unpredictable world survivable. The work is building ones that flex a little, so a canceled plan or a substitute teacher does not take the whole day down with it.
Articles & Guides
4Navigating Haircuts
One of the most requested sensory challenges, and what finally worked in our house.
When the Holidays Are Hard
Holidays wreck routines and everyone feels it. Permission to do them smaller.
Teaching Life Skills Through Coding
How a special interest in computers can become real independence.
Helping My Kids Transition to Adulthood
What the services cliff actually looks like from inside a family living it.
Apps & Tools
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VizyPlan
Visual scheduling and routine planning tools designed for neurodivergent families.
Purpose-built visual tools that help neurodivergent kids plan independently.
Eleplan
Amanda Lukof
Planning and life-skills tools built for neurodivergent families.
Books
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My One-of-a-Kind Body
AffiliateWhitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAP
A book for your kid, not for you. Plain, friendly, and it shows bodies that work in different ways as a matter of course.
One of the only things on this page written for the child rather than the parent.
Podcasts
4The Autism Consultant Podcast
Molly Johnson, M.Ed.
Molly's weekly show for parents, focused on the practical in-the-home things nobody hands you a manual for.
A Parent's Guide to Autism and Potty Training
The Autism Dad Podcast, S6E54
Molly Johnson walks through where to actually start with potty training, and why the usual advice doesn't fit our kids.
5 Tips for Potty Training Success
The Autism Dad Podcast, S5E50
Five concrete things to try, from a former autism teacher who coaches parents through this every day.
Autism and Transitioning to Adulthood
The Autism Dad Podcast, S7E43
The transition nobody prepares you for. Worth hearing long before your child turns eighteen.
Blogs & Websites
1The Autism Consultant
Molly Johnson, M.Ed.
Molly Johnson's practical, in-the-home coaching on potty training, transitions, and visual supports.
A former public school autism teacher. She gives parents specific things to try tonight.
Accounts to Follow
1@theautismconsultant
Molly Johnson
Visual supports and daily-life strategies you can actually use the same day.
Every step here comes from So Your Child Was Just Diagnosed with Autism
This page is the book's living companion, kept current so the help you need is never out of date.
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