Why isn’t my child communicating the way other kids do?
Am I doing enough — or the right things — to support them?
Why does every strategy seem to contradict the last one?
You care about your child deeply — but the advice can feel overwhelming, clinical, and confusing.
Let’s Talk Autism was created to change that.
This course gives you clear, compassionate, evidence-based tools you can actually use in everyday life — without pressure, judgment, or unrealistic expectations.
When you enroll in Let’s Talk Autism, you receive more than just recorded lessons.
You’ll also get real-time connection and support throughout the experience.
✔ Full-year access to all course modules
✔ Downloadable tools and resources
✔ Learn at your own pace
✔ Three live community connection calls with Dr. Donia Fahim (dates below)
✔ A calm, respectful, parent and caregiver-centered learning environment
Each of the five chapters includes:
Even though you will have a full-year to access the course, I suggest you work through the content over 10 weeks and spend two weeks on each chapter, but we are all different learners with different brains and so I leave this to you.
During the course, you’ll be invited to three live community connection calls, facilitated by me, Dr. Donia Fahim, where you can:
Ask questions about the material
Get clarification on how to apply strategies at home and in the community
Learn from other’s experiences
Feel supported, understood, and less alone
Live Community Calls (on Zoom):
• April 22 at 7:00pm BST
• May 11 at 7:00pm BST
• June 3 at 7:00pm BST
Learn how autistic children process communication differently – and why that matters.
I recommend you start with the first chapter, which is where I provide an overview of the autism spectrum condition, and share stories from families I have worked with to help you better understand your child and their needs.
You can then choose the chapter you want to listen to next, depending on what your main concern is.
I do recommend you go through all the chapters.
I will share insights from autistic adults and parents I have worked with who have guided and shaped so much of my work over the last three decades.
Practical tools to encourage meaningful communication without pressure.
In this chapter, I will break down the difference between speech and communication and explains how autistic children express themselves in meaningful, diverse ways.
I will cover verbal and nonverbal communication, AAC, echolalia, eye gaze, joint attention, and early signs of communication — all through a neurodiversity-affirming lens.
This chapter sets the foundation for practical strategies that support communication by meeting children where they are.
Strategies to build engagement, joint attention, and emotional safety.
The third chapter is about play, and I will model how you can teach important
cognitive skills through fun play-based activities and learning themes.
You’ll learn how everyday play, routines, books, sensory activities, and games can support multiple developmental skills at once.
I’ll introduce key “learning to learn” skills — such as requesting, imitation, receptive language, categorisation, joint attention, and early cognitive foundations — and explain how they contribute to communication, independence, and school readiness.
Support your child during meals, playtime, routines, and transitions.
The fourth chapter is about everyday routines and transitions, and how you can use visual strategies to help your child with these.
We’ll explore how routines, transitions, and visual supports can build independence, communication, and self-regulation for autistic preschoolers.
You’ll learn how to use visual schedules, checklists, timers, and everyday activities to support bath time, handwashing, toileting and dressing, nail cutting, and hair cutting.
I’ll also explain how to reduce stress around transitions, scaffold learning through visual and verbal cues, and adapt supports for different learning styles, including hyperlexic children.
Respond to behaviour in ways that support learning, communication, and emotional safety.
The fifth and final chapter explores behaviour and self-regulation through a neurodiversity-affirming lens.
Through real-life examples, you’ll learn why behaviour is a form of communication, how sensory differences and environmental triggers impact behaviour, and how to support autistic preschoolers with compassion rather than punishment.
This chapter covers identifying triggers, teaching replacement skills, using positive directives, co-regulation during meltdowns, and practical strategies such as visual supports, priming, and functional behaviour assessment.
I would like thank Donia for her patience and consistent support during her time as my speech and language therapy clinical supervisor. It has been a highlight of my career to be supported clinically by Donia. She is very knowledgable in her field of expertise and shares this knowledge through fun learning methods to support the development of speech and language therapists. Donia is able to connect to those learning from her and is able to draw on their strengths to generate successful clinical practice. It was truly a pleasure to work under her clinical supervision in what was a challenging working environment. Her positivity and support as my clinical supervisor helped immensely and saw me eventually smiling through the many challenges faced as a speech and language therapist working abroad. Thank you.
Donia has an innate ability to connect with young children. This coupled with her outstanding professional abilities, and intuitive perception meant that we and our son could instantly trust her when she came to work with us. We cannot thank her enough for her work in guiding us as parents of a child on the spectrum and helping him become accepted by his peers and prepared for the challenges of secondary school.
Brilliant, insightful, and compassionate – Dr. Fahim wears the triple crown. In addition, her great gifts for strategy, and her belief in the possibilities of healing after trauma, make a winning combination. Our son has been working for an hour a week with Dr. Fahim over the last six months, and the difference is Night and Day. He tells us that for the first time in his life, he feels heard. Years of frustration over being unable to express himself, and to solve Other Mind problems, are evaporating. She is also teaching our family new ways of relating to each other; that past disasters do not have to be future ones. Though 2021 was the most difficult of years, Dr. Fahim’s presence has transformed our lives.
As a graduate student in Early Childhood Special Education at Hunter College, I had the privilege of having Dr. Fahim as a Professor. Her ability to translate her real world knowledge of children with special needs and her passion for helping children and their families prepared me for my career as a Special Educator. Dr. Fahim’s vast experience in the field of Autism, behavior and curriculum development informed my understanding of the field and helped to guide my practice with my students. If you have the chance to take a course or workshop with Dr. Fahim don’t think twice.
You made this come true, this is one of the many kids you helped. I will always be grateful to you and remember each small and big detail you helped me with. Show Karim’s journey to any mother who feels hopeless, there is light at the end of the road. Thanks to you and all the people who never gave up on him.
Through working with Donia, our son learned the power of verbal and non-verbal communication. All the interventions were 100% respectful of our son’s neurodiverse way of interacting with the world; we simply learned how to tweak our way of interacting with him, which seemed to unlock some very key skills. The interventions were fun, and we enjoyed them together as a family (our son has siblings). We are confident that he has solid building blocks for further learning, and we feel more confident as parents to help him achieve his future potential. Donia’s approach is evidence based, holistic, child and family centred; we have no hesitation in recommending her services.
Donia is an excellent clinician. Her years of experience were immediately evident during the assessment process where she was able to pick up on all the areas of difficulty, including the subtle difficulties overlooked by other clinicians. When therapy started, my son warmed to her immediately and thoroughly enjoyed the sessions with her, even noting how much he would miss her when the sessions came to an end. He has made significant progress with both speech and language and we have (and will!) wholeheartedly recommend her to other parents in need of a truly proficient speech and language therapist. Thank you.
Working with Donia was a true highlight of my career as a speech-language pathologist. She has a wealth of knowledge that she shared with me willingly and with talent. I always felt comfortable asking questions and seeking support from her because she knew how to provide the perfect combination of constructive criticism and encouragement. Not only was Donia a supportive mentor when it came to my work as an S-LP, she also helped me navigate the ins-and-outs of practicing internationally. She helped me grow from a shy, small-town clinician to a confident practitioner who is capable of providing services spanning from individualized therapy to large-scale professional development workshops. I will always be grateful to Donia for that.
Dr. Donia is one of the most kind hearted, amazing people that I have ever met in my whole life. She has helped me grow as a student and as a person. She has taught me life strategies that will help me in school, university, and later on in the future. I really enjoyed working with someone like her.
It is a great honor for me to have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Fahim to develop institutional training, parent training, and shadow teacher training for a special educational needs schools in China. Her profound knowledge base and professionalism astounded me, and at the same time, she is so approachable and understanding. Her flexibility and patience makes working with her so comfortable and efficient. She is so respectful in her willingness to learn about cross-cultural differences. I not only learned a lot of special education knowledge from her, but also learned how to be a wonderful human being helping kids and families conquer their difficult time periods. I am very much looking forward to the next cooperation.
Dr Donia Fahim has quite literally changed our lives in the most positive way. Before we met her we felt lost with no direction. Everyday was a struggle or fight and we had no support. Donia helped not just our son with his speech and behaviour but also our family in such a holistic way. She has advised us on all aspects of our son’s education, speech and behaviour - the massive improvement and confidence she instills is magical. She is one of a kind and and we will forever be grateful to her for how she helped us in some tough times.
I have been fortunate enough to be assisted by Dr. Donia to support a child with ASD. She is highly professional and extremely patient. I have learnt so much from her to help me monitor the progress of the child. She trained me to use one of the complex AAC systems but was able to make it fun and easy to use. The way she engages and interacts with the child is amazing and something I will continue using throughout my career.
Seldom is one privileged enough to be able to witness & observe the almost tangible synergy felt between a Therapist & their Client in a Session ~ I had both the honor & privilege of working under Dr. Donia with one of her special little clients over a three-year period ~ & there was never a day when he did not walk happily into her creatively welcoming "space" Dr. Donia's gentle, reassuring & quiet composure & her innate ability to tune into his demeanor & to "hear" his unspoken words, along with her unquestionable passion & dedication, ignited a relationship of trust to flourish & with these massive achievements & successes to ensue ~ most importantly, ones that he was able to be taken from valuable session-time & transport them into his daily life & interactions x Proof indeed that when a child feels accepted, understood, heard & safe, they can and will begin to grow, "glow," & thrive Much love.
I want to express my deep appreciation for the opportunity to meet you and witness your exceptional work firsthand. The positive impact you have on the children and the remarkable changes you facilitate is truly inspiring. I hold the utmost respect for you and your dedication, and I am grateful that individuals like you exist, advocating for children and going above and beyond to give their own voices. Thank you in advance for your assistance, and I hope to see you around in the future.
She is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, International Educational Consultant, writer, and adventure/traveler who has devoted her life to improving the educational and therapeutic services of young children with special needs around the world. She is considered one of the leading experts in the field of early intervention, international special education, and speech-language therapy. She utilizes evidence-based practices with in-depth knowledge across disciplines.
Dr. Fahim and her team provide consultations in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.
Every child is different, but the strategies taught focus on understanding and responsiveness — not one-size-fits-all solutions.
I highly recommend joining one of the virtual info sessions. You can sign up here.
No. This course is designed to be self-paced and the content will be released on Feb. 22. From there, you will have access for one-year, starting when you sign-up.
However, I suggest you work through the content over 10 weeks and spend two weeks on each chapter, but we are all different learners with different brains and so I leave this to you.
You will also have access to THREE live community connection calls that I will faciliate. During these calls, you can:
Ask questions about the material
Get clarification on how to apply strategies at home and in the community
Learn from other’s experiences
Feel supported, understood, and less alone
Live Community Calls (on Zoom):
• April 22 at 7:00pm BST
• May 11 at 7:00pm BST
• June 3 at 7:00pm BST
To honor the privacy of everyone participating and allow for honest conversations, none of the live community calls are recorded.
All content is delivered in our program portal, which you’ll get access to when you sign up.
The course costs £497 and you can sign up here.
This covers the cost of one login per family.
Before joining, we encourage you to take a moment to review the course details, look at your schedule, and consider your energy and capacity.
Because of the nature of this course, including immediate access to course materials and live community connection calls, all sales are final and we do not offer refunds.
If you have any questions before enrolling, we encourage you to attend one of the live info sessions or contact us directly.
Before enrolling, you’re invited to attend one of three free live Zoom sessions with Dr. Donia Fahim to learn more about the course, ask questions, and see if it’s a good fit for you and your child.
Live Info Sessions (Zoom):
Wed., March 11 | 7:00–7:45pm BST
Sun., March 15 | 11:00–11:45am BST
Sun., March 22 | 11:00–11:45am BST
These sessions are:
Low-pressure and supportive
Designed to help you decide if this course meets your needs
A chance to hear directly from Dr. Fahim and ask your questions
