 How many of you have been in a context where there is a foreign language being spoken where you don't understand the world around you? Maybe a foreign country friends house I know I have and I felt emotionally drained mentally taxed Truthfully, I was frightened When asking my friends and family what the coolest part of my research was they shared that I helped parents enter their Young autistic child's world and learn how to speak their language But as we know communication is a two-way street in turn That child now is on the path to speaking a common language with their own family. They're able to understand the world around them They're not Experiencing that emotional drain mental tax or that fright that I'm sure we've all felt at some point in our life My name is Sierra Owsley and I'm an assistant professor in the special education communication disorders department where I help train and Coach parents to support their young autistic child's communication