Thrive With Autism

Specialties

Thrive With Autism:

Optimize the GIfts, Minimize the Challenges

Free Webinar (see programs on website):

Autism Essentials: «What your doctor probably doesn’t know about autism health & learning recovery»

This live webinar grounds you in the:

* underlying causes of autistic symptoms and challenges

* science that makes sense of autism recovery

* top three simple, indispensable actions that yield the fastest and least expensive results.

Finding no helpful model of autism to explain her experiences as an autistic, Jackie McMillan has spent the years since 1976 discovering and testing ways to help herself and other autistics to improve their health and function in what they experience as an out-​of-​balance and over-​stimulating world.



She has drawn on her degree in environmental studies, two year of pre-​medical training, many certifications in complementary health practices, and the collective experiences of adults with autism.



Jackie pulls key findings from health research in a broad range of disciplines, specifically research that addresses the causes of poor health and learning challenges in those with ASD.

Her work in documenting and applying relevant research and practices now consistently helps autistics and those who support them to optimize the gifts, and minimize the challenges of Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Thank you for caring about someone with autism!

History

Established in 2012.

Since 1993, I’ve been answering questions and giving talks and workshops about autism, its root causes, and how to pick the most effective short-​term and long-​term strategies for each individual. As the need for a comprehensive understanding and response to ASDs has grown, my clients (parents, educators, & therapists) have been increasingly encouraging me to make my work more accessible.

I am passionate about giving autistic kids — and adults — their best possible opportunities to thrive and excel. Backed by health research and personal experience (I rocked, droned, and chewed everything in sight, as a toddler), there are five main themes to the support I offer:

1) understand how ASD symptoms help optimize your progress

2) maximize healing potential (reduce length & cost of other treatments)

3) identify the most useful health techniques for you

4) chart your path with you, from here to where you want to go

5) address the cultural causes for increasing number & severity of ASDs

Meet the Business Owner

Jackie M.

Business Owner

Understand autism from the inside out. Born in a time of great pressure to institutionalize or hide ‘damaged’ children, Jackie didn’t know she was autistic until she was 23. By then, over half her life had been invested in trial and error to figure out what made her symptoms better or worse. At age 11, one month away from her normal environment brought gradual but dramatic improvement to her almost-​constant mental fog, emotional turmoil, and physical pain. Within two days of her return, those improvements were crushed, but this experience inflamed her determination to understand why!

That taste of how much better life could be led Jackie to 2 years of pre-​meds, a degree in environmental studies, and many years in the health field. It is still enticing her to hunt through medical and complementary health research, interspersed with other involvements that renew her hope for the future. She is passionate about giving other autistics their best possible opportunities to thrive.