Your kid is unique and you love that about them. Since they were diagnosed with Autism or ADHD you’ve been bombarded with advice about how to make them “better”. Sticker charts, reward programs, social skills, all aimed at making your child appear like everyone else. There is part of you that is tempted, you know that it’s hard for your kid to be different. At the same time you also know that pretending to be someone they aren’t even for rewards and social points isn’t what’s best for them long term. But if you ignore the standard advice what do you do? There isn’t a standard roadmap for your kid in the first place but this feels like going even further off the beaten path.

You want to help them learn to love themselves. To accept that they are awesome even if they’re different. You want them to be able to understand their needs and speak up for themselves. But you aren’t sure how to do that. Parenting them in a way that helps them honor their needs feels so foreign.

That’s where I come in. As a clinician, neurodivergent adult, and mother of neurodivergent children I want to help you learn to parent your child in a way that helps them learn to really accept themselves. Helps them learn to take care of themselves and honor the pieces of them that make them different from others. Teach them to pay attention to themselves so that they can do more than just survive in this neurotypical world. Help to set them up so that they can thrive but as themselves instead of pretending to be someone that they aren’t.

Parenting from a neurodivergent affirming perspective releases the whole family from trying to be someone that they aren’t. It releases the stress of trying to fit into a box that maybe no one in the family fits into. Learning about your child’s needs often helps you also learn about your own. So that everyone in the family is able to do better and be more of their genuine selves.