Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and your family/whanau ASD can affect different people differently, as well as seeming to change with time. Some people with ASD are non-verbal and some speak really well. The sort of support a person with ASD needs changes over their lifetime and depends on how their ASD is expressed. The support families need ranges from questions about whether their child may have an ASD to help with day-to-day living. ASD support 4 you is a consultancy service that can provide you with what you need in terms of answering questions, assessments, evaluations and planning to ensure the person with ASD can develop to their full potential. Together we can make a difference and facilitate progress. Emma Goodall has worked as an educational consultant and special needs advisor for nearly ten years in both Europe and New Zealand, including writing and tutoring on a special needs teaching course. Whanau and schools that have worked with Emma find her straightforward approach both honest and refreshing. Emma works with a solutions based model, which looks at what a child or adult needs to help them reach their potential. From that Emma is able to devise a plan and show others how to implement the strategies involved to work towards the goals that have been chosen by the team. Emma has trained individual teachers and teacher aides as well as whole school staff, parents and the wider whanau in a range of areas of special needs, from specific learning difficulties, through physical and general learning difficulties, behavioural difficulties to complex and multiple difficulties.   Having a child with ASD can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding as you help your child develop to their full potential. There are adults with ASDs who have degrees, well paid jobs, families and children of their own.