AVAILABLE IN MARCH 2027
Raising Autism
An Essential Guide
for Caregivers
From the creator of Finding Cooper’s Voice and one of today’s leading autism advocates comes an essential guide for caregivers—written with the authority and honesty of a parent who has lived it.
Caring for a child with autism can be filled with love and purpose—but also isolation, exhaustion, and the fear that no one truly sees how hard it is. In this heartfelt and practical guide, Kate Swenson offers invaluable firsthand perspective and concrete advice for the challenges many caregivers are left to face on their own.
Drawing on research, advocacy, and her lived experience as the mother of an autistic son, Swenson tackles the question so many caregivers ask: How do I care for my child without losing myself? With honesty and compassion, she helps readers navigate the emotional realities of caregiving while providing tools to help process your emotions, prepare for the future, and take meaningful steps forward. Inside these pages, you will find guidance and reflection around some of the biggest parts of caregiving, including:
- Understanding and navigating diagnosis
- Finding, obtaining, and maintaining services and supports
- Advocating for your child
- Processing emotions and prioritizing your own well-being
- Building a sustainable and joyful life for your family
- Planning for your child’s future financially
- Obtaining guardianship, housing, and independence for your child
With clear advice and hard-won wisdom, Raising Autism demystifies the complexities of caregiving and offers support, guidance and a place to begin. The autism journey may not always be easy, but you do not have to walk it alone.
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Kate Swenson, Author of Forever Boy and Autism Out Loud
Kate Swenson is a nationally recognized autism advocate, bestselling author, speaker, and the creator of Finding Cooper’s Voice, the widely followed platform she built after her son Cooper was diagnosed with severe, nonverbal autism. With honesty, warmth, and humor, Kate shares the realities of raising a child with significant support needs—the fear and isolation, but also the growth, fierce love, and unexpected joy. Her work has helped hundreds of thousands of families feel seen, understood, and less alone.
Kate is the author of the national bestseller Forever Boy: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy and a co-author, with Carrie Cariello and Adrian Wood, of the instant New York Times bestseller Autism Out Loud: Life with a Child on the Spectrum, from Diagnosis to Young Adulthood. She is also a co-founder of The More Than Project, a nonprofit supporting special-needs families, and a driving force behind its Care for the Caregiver retreats, which give caregivers a place to rest, connect, learn, and be cared for themselves.
Her forthcoming third book, Raising Autism: An Essential Guide for Caregivers, brings together the hard-won wisdom of a mother who has lived this journey and the practical guidance families so often struggle to find. Compassionate, candid, and grounded in real life, Kate offers readers more than information: she offers a trusted hand, a place to begin, and the reassurance that no caregiver has to navigate autism alone.
Kate & Cooper
The Essential Raising Autism Companion
Raising Autism Workbook
A Caregiver’s Journal for Planning,
Self-Care, and the Journey Ahead
From the creator of Finding Cooper’s Voice and author of Raising Autism comes a guided workbook to help caregivers reflect, plan, and take meaningful steps forward.
Caregiving can leave you with more questions than answers: What support does my child need? How do I prepare for what’s next? How do I care for myself, too? Based on Kate Swenson’s essential guide, Raising Autism, this companion workbook gives caregivers a place to pause, process, organize, and begin.
Whether you are navigating a new diagnosis, advocating for services, planning for the future, or trying to care for your child while also caring for yourself, the Raising Autism Workbook offers practical tools to make the journey feel less overwhelming. With prompts, checklists, planning pages, and reflection exercises, it provides space to:
- Reflect on the emotional realities of caregiving
- Identify your child’s needs, strengths, and supports
- Prepare for appointments, school meetings, and advocacy conversations
- Organize resources and important information
- Plan for milestones, decisions, and transitions
- Create realistic steps toward stability and peace of mind
Compassionately designed and easy to use, this workbook is the perfect companion for caregivers who want encouragement, clarity, and a path forward. You may not have every answer today—but with the right support, you can take the next step.
