• How severe the challenging symptoms you're dealing with are (or how mild); improvements are not only possible, but easier than you think
• How many interventions you've previously tried. Your child's unique challenging symptoms are your primary guide to what's needed to improve health and function, and any interventions you've tried are merely more information about those symptoms.
• How long your autistic child has had difficult symptoms, nor does it matter at what age those symptoms turned up, nor whether your child is well into adulthood...

If you want to build a house in a particular neighbourhood and climate, and you’ve never built a house before, you’d probably look for a general contractor.

This is someone who organizes and executes larger projects that involve a lot of subcontracting specialists (like plumbers, electricians, roofers, drywallers, carpenters, and painters).

For a fee of 10 to 20% of the cost of the whole job, a general contractor would help you:

• design your home to fit your family, your neighbourhood, and your local climate
• choose the right skilled people for the tasks required, according to your budget and needs
• organize all the tasks and skilled support in the right order (e.g. so the wiring comes before the drywall)
• make sure you head in the direction of the future home you and your family need and want, in a timely and cost-effective way

I’m like a general contractor in the autism field, where autism specialists (doctors, speech-language pathologists, etc.) are the subcontractors.

As your general contractor, I've done all the research, have all the experience, and am a specialist in knowing how to make this work.

I help you:

• design your choices to suit the terrain (your family health history, your child’s health and treatment history, your current lifestyle, etc.)
• clarify your goals for your own and your child’s future (in terms of your unique terrain and resources)
• identify what kinds of actions and supports will take you most efficiently and effectively to the future you want
• discover and evaluate what kinds of tailored supports and specialists are available to you locally
• gradually step into an “autism general contracting” role yourself — once you’ve graduated from this 6-month program, you have the perspectives and skills to continue the process of improving your child’s health and function

Because I want everyone, around the world, regardless of age or stage of challenge, to be able to thrive with autism.

Right now, only the most-motivated of the people who take my programs are achieving the results I want for them. For others, the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) effort seems to be too much, and the results, while promising, are a lot less than they could be.

The research is clear:

The parents whose autistic children truly thrive are those parents who have access to the right information, and can focus their resources to greatest effect.

The How to Thrive With Autism courses provide that information. However, for some people information is not enough without personal support.

As a result, I'm looking for more patterns, more clues about how to help EVERYONE get the results they truly want, and that I deeply want for them.

BUT:

    You're right, I can only do this for a maximum of 5 households at a time.

Wait, how much do I need to invest?

If you choose a single payment, your total is $9,997 (~ $417/ week for 4 to 10 hours of support EACH WEEK) for achieving your Dream Summer.

If you choose six monthly payments, charged the first of every month, your monthly payments are $1916.00 (extra admin takes me away from what I excel at: supporting you).

When I asked my business advisors for advice about the pricing, they urged me to charge double this for the amount of time and resources you're getting from me. Aren't you glad I decided what to charge, and not them? Yes, I'm going to work my butt off for you, but we both win. I get bigger perspectives on how to get more parents over the humps, and you get an awful lot of focused support, tailored research, and the summer you want for your child, a lot sooner...

While the cost of doing nothing, or getting very limited results, is something I'd rather not even think about, if you can't afford this, then you need to wait for me to put the insights I gain here into DIY (do-it-yourself) materials.

Who are you, and why should I believe that you can help?

How on earth did you find this page, without being in touch with me for a while? Regardless, welcome! Here's my quick bio:

Thousands of parents, educators, health and service professionals, and autistic spectrum adults have improved autistic quality of life and function through Thrive With Autism Expert Jackie McMillan’s 20+ years of autism outreach and support. Jackie, an autistic herself, is on a mission to optimize the gifts, and minimize the challenges of autism around the world. Jackie leaves grateful clients in her wake, delighted at their new hope, ongoing gains, and personalized shortcuts to full potential for the autistics they love. Her guiding principle is “If you know things have to change, you might as well enjoy it!”