Loving Autism
A Father's Story of Autism, Meltdowns, and Learning to Hear What His Son Couldn't Say
A memoir for the parents who are still in the storm — by a father of five who spent years learning to hear what his autistic son couldn't say.
Every afternoon, the teachers said it. And every afternoon, we braced at our own front door — because we knew what a great day cost our son, and we knew what was coming.
If you know that front door, this book was written for you.
The book
Before the Storm is the honest, unsentimental, and often funny story of one family learning to understand a son who couldn't always put his experience into words — the meltdowns nobody posts about, the joy nobody warns you about, and the slow work of finally hearing him.
It's not a book about fixing a child. It's about finally hearing one.
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In development
The book is the beginning. We're also building something for families like ours: a wearable and an app that help you read a child's rising stress — hours before a meltdown — in the language their body has been speaking all along. It's early, and we're building it in the open. Join the list above and you'll be the first to hear as it comes to life.
Quietly tracking heart rate, sleep and the physical signs of rising stress — including the hours you can't see.
Not averages — your child's own rhythms, and a gentle, early heads-up when their system is climbing.
An honest read on the day their body actually had, so you can meet them where they are.