Hi, I am Dana. I am an Autism Mom of 2 forever kids, Disabled Veteran and a high functioning adult on the spectrum, this is The Autism House Foundation, formerly Lyla's House (Established 2022).

Our family was lost when we got our diagnosis for our two kids. We had all the feelings; the grief of "is this my fault?", the mourning of the life we thought we'd live, the breath of receiving a diagnosis and having answers, the fear of not knowing what will come or the depth of the spectrum in our household, and the JOY of watching our kind, lively, intelligent and beautiful kids be fully themselves. And of course, the cycle of all those things repeating whenever our brains felt fit to do so (convenient or otherwise).

With all of that, I found there was no real direction, answers, or resources available to us that we needed. We got "released" from several spaces that didn't have the resources, we read the google machine to its core, read anything we could get our hands on and kept going, like I am sure you have too. We decided it wasn't enough, not for us or the many families like ours and with the help of family and friends, I set out to create and build it.

4 years later, we are still standing. In fact, were growing. 🌱