Kaya Early Intervention

06/06/2025

Autism is a pattern of differences that can present in SO many different ways! This is actually super cool - BUT it also creates a world where many Autistic people go undiagnosed and unsupported.

This is because people tend to compare everyone to the 1-2 Autistic people they know. Let’s say a Doctor has supported both Jaden and Leo. They then get Mackenzie in their clinic and end up saying “there’s no way she’s Autistic” - because she’s really not similar to the boys.

This one comment by this one doctor ends up delaying Mckenzie’s diagnosis and access to support for YEARS. And even when other people mention they think she could be Autistic, her parents are like, “no the doctor said there’s no way she is”. And often when this happens, kids like McKenzie will only access a diagnosis if her parents are knowledgeable about autism and strong advocates OR McKenzie gets to crisis levels.

What everyone needs to know: Autism is a combination of differences in 1️⃣ Social communication, 2️⃣ Interests and Routines, and 3️⃣ Sensory Processing. Differences in these areas can look VASTLY different from person to person - and it’s still Autism.

06/06/2025

04/05/2025

Is your child still on long waitlist for Speech Therapy or Occupational Therapy? Try Early Intervention Therapy using DIR Floortime model - another therapy approach that helps young children (0 to 6 yo) with developmental delay and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, etc. It aims to help children in their social-emotional difficulties. We are a mobile service - meaning we come to your place or your child's kinder, daycare or school. We aim to advocate for your child to ensure their needs are addressed.

To learn more what Early Intervention Therapy is, watch this video: https://fb.watch/nzMvF5gFD2/

04/05/2025

As a parent, this is me everyday

Our grief is never about WHO our children are, or the could have/should have beens.

Our grief is for their struggle.

It’s not about academics or delays.

It’s about knowing that the brain + body will always run into disconnects. That the heart and mind know, but the body just won’t always listen.

This grief isn’t about lack of verbal communication. It’s about yearning for our children to be heard, in whatever means that works best for them. {sometimes the JOY is connecting in all that is NOT said.}

The grief comes in waves… often without warning.

While filling out unending paperwork, answering questions varying from “can your child use a fork” to “does he want to kill himself?”

No parent of a five-year-old should have to contemplate such things.

Or in line at a pharmacy, a tiny wish slips in that maybe, someday, your child won’t need those little orange bottles to be able to tolerate this world.

The moment your child is diagnosed, you begin the race against time {your own mortality} to support them in building the most independent and fulfilling life possible.

Grief isn’t in the acceptance that you will fight your whole time on this earth to make sure your child is loved, accepted, understood, and included.

It’s about not knowing who will fight once you are gone.

Who will listen to everything that is not said?

This is where our grief lives.🖤

17/12/2024

You can take a break mumma/daddy from therapies this coming holiday season and take time to be yourself, to take a break and think about almost nothing - best way to regulate with your children 🥰🥰🥰

𝓢𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓝𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓶𝓪𝓼 𝓐𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼

07/04/2024

Read this to know why

https://intheloopaboutneurodiversity.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/the-ableist-history-of-the-puzzle-piece-symbol-for-autism/?fbclid=IwAR2TluOEa2W-QItZzveysbrjuIt-AG8yztFtHLH3RsVjH6DHHnOsLIjixEI_aem_AYsPTufUR6XGOXBfiDxGPmFElRM7cvLh7lJ_OlCuulBDnJoJ3WojE8i3ktrrcsl8SCw