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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

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Navigating Haircuts

One of the most requested sensory challenges, and what finally worked in our house.

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When the Holidays Are Hard

Holidays wreck routines and everyone feels it. Permission to do them smaller.

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Teaching Life Skills Through Coding

How a special interest in computers can become real independence.

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Helping My Kids Transition to Adulthood

What the services cliff actually looks like from inside a family living it.

Daily RoutinesCaregiver Wellbeing

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.

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Eleplan

Amanda Lukof

Planning and life-skills tools built for neurodivergent families.

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Books

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My One-of-a-Kind Body

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Whitney 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.

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Podcasts

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The 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.

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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.

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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.

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Autism and Transitioning to Adulthood

The Autism Dad Podcast, S7E43

The transition nobody prepares you for. Worth hearing long before your child turns eighteen.

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Blogs & Websites

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The 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.

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Accounts to Follow

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@theautismconsultant

Molly Johnson

Visual supports and daily-life strategies you can actually use the same day.

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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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