As parents of children on the autism spectrum, we’ve all had those moments where the world tilts just a little off its axis—a new stim, an unexpected meltdown, or a skill that blooms overnight. But nothing prepared me for the day my daughter’s voice… vanished. Not her words, thank goodness, but the sweet, lilting melody that had become the soundtrack of our home.  Let me take you back to our story with Soleil and share what we’ve uncovered along the way about sudden voice changes in autistic...

I used to dread Saturdays. By Friday night my stomach would knot up, because I knew the next morning would bring the same exhausting loop: “No, we can’t eat pancakes for breakfast again.” “No, we can’t watch the same Bluey episode seventeen times.” “No, you have to wear pants to the park.” Every “no” felt like dropping a pebble into an already overflowing bucket of tension. By noon my eight-year-old son, Jonah—who is autistic and mostly non-speaking—would be in meltdown mode, and I would be...