Let’s face it, we all know how cranky we get after a sleepless night—tripping over our own feet, misplacing things, dealing with cravings, feeling generally irritable and forgetting what day it is. Now imagine living like that regularly.

Sleep problems are pervasive in the autism community with an average range of 60-80% of families reporting some level of sleep challenges with their child. Sleep health is rapidly gaining popularity in health and wellness circles as research displays over and over again the significant health risks…

Poor sleep has shown to impact an overwhelming percentage of learners diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Replicated studies have revealed an average of ~40-80% of children diagnosed with ASD exhibiting some level of sleep problems.

I wanted to take a minute to reflect on sleep, in general, as well as offer words of hope to families and practitioners (and friends of the sleepless all over the world!) who are seeking tools for better sleep. Poor sleep has been classified as an epidemic…

Sleep problems are pervasive in the autism community with an average range of 60-80% of families reporting some level of sleep challenges with their child. This leads some to believe that children with autism will never sleep well. However, rest assured (pun intended) this is simply not true. Children diagnosed with autism have just as much potential for healthy sleep as other children, and a diagnosis of autism does not mean a life-sentence of poor sleep and tired days.