Now includes FREE access to all Lisa's Courses and products

(with the exception of the One Hour AMA Session and PDA Learners Course - but members get 25% discount on these!)

Neurodiversity Affirming Parents Group

We are a community built for neurodiversity affirming parents and caregivers who want support, resources, access to information, and solidarity.

We are here with you along what is often a complicated journey. Ask your questions, tell your story, brainstorm and leave better equipped to advocate for your child.

Join us for:

A private (off social media), online, neurodiversity affirming community where you can ask questions, gain inspiration and ideas and make connections with other parents and caregivers. Encouragement and compassion comes as given!
Weekly office hour/ group coaching (Friday 9am PT). All sessions are recorded and available within the portal to watch on catch up.
Free Resources - an outline Parent Input Statement, Neurodiversity Affirming Resource List, IEP cover letter, Communication logs (preschool/elementary & middle/high school versions), IEP Toolkit, Neurodiversity Affirming Approach to IEP Course, All About Me worksheet
25% discount on the PDA Learners course and One Hour AMA sessions
Monthly guest speakers - upcoming speakers include Yolanda Simmons and Molly Ramassini
- Previous sessions with speakers such as Tiffany Hammond, Jordan LeVan, Krys Prashad, Dr Diamond Rashad, Erin Forward, Erin Alexander, Courtney Burnett, Lisa Quinn and Jess Hanzo (among others) available to rewatch in the portal.

If you are looking for connection with some of the most amazing parents and caregivers, this is for you!

$55/mo or $605/yr

Neurodiversity Affirming Parents Group

Includes 7 additional products

We are a community built for parents who want support, access to information, & community. This includes a once weekly hour-long office hour / group coaching session (at 9AM PST on Fridays). We take a strengths-based neurodiversity affirming lens to everything we do. We are here with you along what is often a complicated journey. Ask your questions, tell your story, & leave better equipped to advocate for your child.

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Lisa's Story

You don't have to do this alone!

When my daughter was younger and we were first engaging in the IEP process, I felt overwhelmed, frustrated and alone. While social media has a much larger presence in so many of our lives now than it did when she was younger, advocating for your child and figuring out all things special education can still feel overwhelming. It is common to feel like you are isolated and in search of community who understands.

I don't want anyone to feel adrift and powerless in this process, so I created a group coaching community and I would love for you to join!

Upcoming guest speakers

September: Jacqui Jebian Garcia - Create Yourself Co

Jacqui Jebian Garcia, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a Sensory-Trained and Somatic Trauma-Informed Speech-Language Pathologist and Social-Emotional Coach turned Somatic Co-Regulator, Paradigm Shifter, Safe & Sound Protocol Provider, and Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Provider. Passionate about actively shifting the paradigm, Jacqui works to depathologize neurodivergence, educating adults about the intersection of the neurodiversity paradigm, the language of the nervous system, trauma, and bringing awareness to their lenses.

October: Yolanda Simmons - The Accessibility NP

Yolanda is an Assistive Technology and Accessibility Consultant, Public Speaker, Facilitator, and Parent/Disability Rights Advocate. With over 25 years of experience in healthcare, human services, community outreach, disability rights, and health education, her passion is helping individuals with disabilities find the resources, knowledge, and support they need to thrive.

November: Molly Ramassini - All Brains Speech Therapy

Molly is an experienced ASHA-certified and California state-licensed speech-language pathologist. She has extensive training and experience in working with supporting autistic clients' communication, Gestalt Language Processors, receptive and expressive language and executive functioning.

Previous guest speakers

As a member, you are able to watch replays of the guest sessions

Tiffany Hammond - Fidgets and Fries

Tiffany Hammond is the author of NYT bestseller 'A Day With No Words'. She is an Autistic mother and advocate. Tiffany is a storyteller, using her own personal experiences with Autism and parenting two teen boys with the same diagnosis to guide others on their journey. Her activism is rooted in challenging the current perception of Autism as being a lifelong burden, cultivating a community that explores the concept of Intersectionality and Autism, and inspiring thought leaders through storytelling, education, and critical discourse.

Tiffany "TJ" Joseph - Nigh Functioning Autism

TJ is behind the very popular social media account Nigh Functioning Autism where they share their knowledge and experience with being Autistic, Disabled, an AAC user and a parent of Autistic kids. TJ felt that there was not enough understanding and empathy for parent's fear, when often they are being overwhelmed and systemically disempowered. Educated and working in the medical field, TJ helps to support and empower parents to make the right choices for their children and loved ones without guilt or overwhelm.

Erin DeNola - Skilled Therapy & Play Services

Erin is the Executive Director at Skilled Therapy & Play Services, which specializes in Occupational Therapy and Behavior Therapy for children and young adults. STPS helps their clients reach their fullest potential in their daily activities, tasks, and routines, while also understanding the importance of family dynamics, parent education, and collaboration. They also value clients knowing that they have a place where they feel understood and heard, and have therapists who are positive, empathetic, and knowledgeable.

Krys Prashad - Motherhoodphasing

Krys runs the popular Instagram account @motherhoodphasing, where she shares her family's journey with AAC, homeschooling, the transition (and back) with public education, while parenting their son with authenticity, curiosity, joy and connection.

Lisa Quinn - Reach Every Voice

Lisa is the Founder of Reach Every Voice - a practice of educators with decades of experience working with nonspeaking and minimally speaking autistic learners. Many of their staff are state-certified teachers. They provide direct instruction to teach individuals who are nonspeaking or have unreliable verbal abilities to express themselves with alternative communication. They also work with families and schools to help them collaboratively find ways to meet the needs of these students in their home and school learning environments.

Jess Hanzo - The PDA Project

Jess is an early childhood mental health consultant and therapist based in Oakland, CA committed to disrupting systems and challenging norms that frequently prevent us from meeting the needs of all children. With a clinical focus on early childhood attachment, trauma, sensory integration, and consulting within the education system, she partners with children, families, and providers using a collaborative approach to cultivate environments of safety and support, understanding that change and growth happen at a systems level. Jess is also the co-author & facilitator of the 'Supporting PDA Learners' course.

Jordan LeVan - Fighting For My Voice

Jordan LeVan is a disability, mental health, and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) advocate. Fighting for my Voice: My life with Verbal Apraxia, is a blog that tells you about what it's like living with Verbal Apraxia and provides resources for those who also share the diagnosis. The goal is to spread awareness of this speech difference and its challenges.

Dyan Robson - And Next Comes L

And Next Comes L is your go-to resource for all things hyperlexia. Dyan is passionate about educating people about hyperlexia and made it her mission to help fill the hyperlexia information gap. She writes, creates, and curates resources for parents who might be new to hyperlexia, as well as the teachers and professionals who support our hyperlexic learners in other environments.

Ashley Barlow - The Collaborative IEP

Ashley Barlow’s mission is to empower, inspire, and build confidence in IEP team members by providing free and paid resources to parents, advocates, and others in the disability community that join the legal principles of special education with the interests and values of everyone at the IEP table.

Erin Forward - Nourishing Connection

As a dedicated Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Lactation Counselor at a leading Children’s Hospital, Erin holds a wealth of knowledge in pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders, early language development, AAC, and trauma-informed care for medically complex children. Offering evidence-based, playful approaches to feeding therapy, Erin’s courses provide practical tools and strategies to support feeding and language development.

Erin Alexander - Spins and Stomps

Erin runs the successful social account Spins and Stomps, where she shares her joyful, intentional and affirming approach to parenting as an AuDHDer.

Dr Diamond Rashad - A Dime of OT

Diamond is a pediatric occupational therapist, working from a trauma-informed lens with children, adolescents, and young adults with differences in sensory integration, executive function, feeding & mealtime participation, and supporting Autistic clients and their families.

Courtney Burnett - Advocate

Courtney is a disabilities advocate, IEP Coach, licensed Speech and Language Pathologist Assistant, and a mom of a child with disabilities.

The impact that community can have - from members of our community...

"After taking Lisa’s IEP course, I found Community. To say that they have been invaluable to me would be an understatement. Our community is made up of parents going through the weeds just like I am. They give thoughtful perspective, applicable advice and I truly feel like I’ve found my people. I look forward to community every week and l leave each meeting with more knowledge than when I came. When I need reinforcements or I need to hash something out, I know just who to go to. Their support has been a tremendous blessing in my life." - SC

"Lisa is a gem of a human. My fellow community parents are also amazing - I look forward to hearing their experiences and sharing our own every week. Community has been hugely helpful for our learner and our family."

-Joe, parent of an autistic, non speaking 3rd grader