Kate Owens Heins, the CEO and founder of Sensory Safe Solution for Individuals with Autism, developed an educational platform that provides certification for beauty industry professionals to provide caring, compassionate, and safe salon services to individuals with autism. Interviewed by Winn Claybaugh, Kate vividly shares her story of raising a son with autism (now 11 years old) and the work she has done to educate herself, provide resources and therapy for her son, and create a curriculum and certification for her fellow hairdressers to create sensory safe experiences."