If you’ve ever flown on a commercial airliner and listened as a flight attendant walked passengers through the safety instructions, you will have heard something like this: “If we lose cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop down. Before helping your child with his oxygen mask, please put yours on first.”

There’s a good reason for that. If you’re not getting enough oxygen, it’s hard to help anyone else put on his mask. The same is true about parenting. Parental self-care is a crucial ingredient in providing a child with what he needs to be strong, healthy, and happy—especially if that child is neurodivergent.

In this book, counselor Diane Reid Lyon offers important information about neurodivergence and tips for how to care for your neurodivergent child—and take care of yourself at the same time.