Five sons. Three autistic. Two nonverbal.
I’m Sanya. My oldest is nineteen, my youngest is four. I’m not guessing what comes next — I’m living it at every age, right now.
Start with something free
The Visual Schedule Starter Pack. Twenty-four routine cards, two ready-to-use routines, six blanks for the things only your house needs, and honest instructions about what to expect when it doesn’t work the first week.
Most autism blogs cover one age and stop
Mine can’t. I’ve got a kid in early intervention and a kid figuring out adulthood, in the same house, in the same week.
When I write about the toddler years, I’m not remembering them. When I write about what comes after high school, I’m not researching it. I’m telling you what’s happening here.
What you’ll actually find here
Sensory setups that work in a house you can’t modify. Potty training for kids who aren’t ready when the charts say they should be. Communication support for kids who don’t use words. The parts of IEPs and money planning that nobody explains simply.
And the parts that are just hard, written honestly instead of dressed up.
No cures. No toxic positivity. No pretending every day is a win.
Written by one mother, not a team of experts
I read everything I can find, and I write down what actually happened in my house. Sometimes that’s a system that took two years to stick. Sometimes it’s the thing I got wrong for eight months first.