Hi! I'm Casey. For nearly twenty years, I’ve sat in the living rooms of families raising nonverbal and minimally verbal autistic children.

I’ve seen how a whole day can get built around bracing for the next meltdown, and how exhausting it is to keep guessing what set it off. I’ve helped hundreds of families figure out what their child was trying to tell them, so meltdowns happen less often and ordinary days come back.

Most meltdown advice kicks in once the meltdown has already started. This guide works earlier, at the moment a child is trying to say something that isn’t being understood yet. No drills and no forcing words, just simple ways to catch the signals and meet the need before things escalate. It fits into routines already happening and works alongside therapy or while waiting on services. Every meltdown carries information, and without knowing what to look for, tomorrow starts with the same guessing.

Casey Gregory, MA, MT-BC, BCBA, LBA