With the rate of employment among ASD adults low and rates of depression and suicide high, it's clear that something isn't working. RDI addresses this deficit.

My advice to RDI® parents is to make sure you and your consultant are asking, "How does everybody get on the same page and how do you come together as a family?" Not an autism family, but how do you come together as a family?

As children with autism grow up and inch closer to adulthood, there are sometimes lingering concerns--What if we didn’t do enough? What if we went in the wrong direction? What if independence isn’t possible?--but growth is possible into adulthood.

RDI® focuses on well-being in children with Autism, rather than assessments and measurements, giving them independence and true quality of life.

RDI® is a developmental pathway to gradually moving more and more and more towards self-management and self-guiding in a dynamic world.

For all of us who have had a child diagnosed with autism, we know that they aren’t the only person who is vulnerable in what’s going on.

All of these feelings that accompany a diagnosis of your child are ok. Other parents have felt the same way, you are not alone.

Dr. Steven Gutstein continues his examination of the link between autism and suicide in part 2 of his podcast.

Why the suicide rate is higher for children and adults with an autism diagnosis and what we can do to help them.

When we have high expectations for our children with autism it makes a huge difference. Believing in our kids will help them believe in themselves!