Let’s Talk Autism

Let’s Talk Autism is a course for helping your autistic pre-school child thrive, learn, and communicate. This course is designed for parents, teachers, and caregivers to gain practical, neurodiversity affirming strategies so you can help in a confident and compassionate way.

Hi, I’m Dr. Donia. I will be your coach and teacher!

I’m a highly specialist speech and language therapist and an educational behavioural consultant, and a former professor and researcher. I have been fortunate to have spent the last 30 years working around the world supporting the education and learning of Autistic children and adults.

I have always been passionate about working with parents, and most of my research has been around effective parent-mediated approaches to support young autistic children that are culturally responsive. I’ve also been a teacher and coach for teachers and parents. I look forward to being your coach and teacher, too!

How this course will work:

I have divided it up into different learning chapters because as you journey with your child, you will need different information and different resources.

Each chapter has a video you can watch in your own time, or if you prefer to listen only, there are audio versions too, as well as handouts and worksheets you can download to go with each video. Links to these worksheets are under each video. I suggest you do this course over 12 weeks and spend two weeks on each chapter, but we are all different learners with different brains and so I leave this to you.

Dr. Donia Fahim Author

About the instructor

Dr. Donia Fahim is a specialist in early childhood neurodiversity, focused on supporting young children with additional needs through innovative, individualized therapeutic approaches. She is the founder of Education and Therapeutic Spaces Ltd., a London-based practice working with families, educators, and government partners. Her work centers on neurodiversity-inclusive practices, early intervention program design, and speech and language therapy.