It is often presumed that the key to treating autistic individuals is to teach them to behave, communicate, and socialize like us. Essentially, the more normal they are, the more integrated they will be in mainstream society. Problem solved.
 
Yet, for decades, specialists, educators, and parents have not made headway with profoundly autistic individuals — those with limited to no speech requiring significant support across most areas of life above the age of eight years old. If anything, when they reach adolescence and adulthood, attempts to push them toward normalcy can lead to conflicts and meltdowns of aggression, self-injury, and property damage. 
 
It is often presumed that the key to treating autistic individuals is to teach them to behave, communicate, and socialize like us: the more normal they are, the more integrated they will be in mainstream society. Problem solved. 
 
Yet, for decades, specialists, educators, and parents have not made headway with profoundly autistic individuals — those with limited to no speech requiring significant support across most areas of life above the age of eight years old. If anything, when they reach adolescence and adulthood, attempts to push them toward normalcy can lead to conflicts and meltdowns of aggression, self-injury, and property damage. 
 
EpiEco: A Breakthrough Approach on Profound Autism was born out of a nine-year, real-life journey of supporting Sebastien, Kah Ying’s now 29-year-old autistic son.  In this happy sequel to her memoir, Where Does My Autistic Son Belong?, Kah Ying and co-author Adi Hariyanto share their breakthrough approach on how to establish and maintain a robust Ecosystem of caregivers around the Epicenter of the profoundly autistic individual. 
 
Enriched with strategies, instructions, and real-life scenarios/examples, this book teaches caregivers how to build an authentic relationship based on care, connection, and joy with profoundly autistic individuals without compromising their well-being. And when we become their empathetic, understanding, and committed champions, they will reciprocate, but on their own terms, in their own way, and in their own time. That's when the meltdowns will become alleviated...