I am the mother of two children on the Autism Spectrum and through hard work got both to speak. One now attends college and the other lives at home with us as unfortunately she is not as high functioning. For our daughter I ran an at home ABA program for nearly a decade. I know the challenge, effort and patience it takes to help such individuals. Also, with a nursing degree my last job, was for a woman who left the hospital with a poor diagnosis of making it. Myself and my home care team nursed her back to health and also in doing so she was able to speak again. I have excellent current references