The First Moon
Just got the diagnosis?
A quiet place to stand for the first 72 hours. Three essays, a printable for the fridge, and a daily email for your first thirty days.
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Twenty Years From Now
The question you ask at 3am
What might his life actually look like at 20, at 30? Answer questions about where your child is today and get the honest range, the things that genuinely move it, and what to do in the next ninety days. Free, about fifteen minutes, and nothing you type leaves your device.
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Hand-picked stories for the moments parents come looking for first.
Big feelings
What to do after my autistic child has a meltdown
Meltdown just ended; parent wants repair script.
Daily routinesHow to help my nonverbal autistic child fall asleep
Child up till 1am; parent exhausted.
Daily routinesHow to prepare my autistic child for a haircut without a meltdown
Parent planning Sunday haircut, child has screamed the last 3 times.
AAC skillsUsing Avaz at the doctor's office
Medical communication.
AAC skillsWhat if my child's Avaz dies in public?
Parent anxiety about AAC failure.
Self-advocacyMy autistic child doesn't ask for help — how to teach
Stuck in silence; parent teaching to request.
Browse by moment
Every story sits in one of these 17 categories. Each category has its own page.
Big feelings
Meltdowns, recovery, calming down, overwhelm.
14 stories
Daily routines
Brushing teeth, nail clipping, haircuts, bedtime.
15 stories
Medical & body
Doctor visits, vaccines, dentist, X-rays, meds.
14 stories
Eating & food
New foods, restaurants, feeding challenges.
13 stories
Self-advocacy
Asking for help, saying no, naming feelings.
15 stories
AAC skills
Using Avaz in real moments — across situations.
15 stories
Community & outings
Shops, parks, weddings, temples, public spaces.
14 stories
School & learning
Classroom, substitutes, schedule changes, homework.
12 stories
Social situations
Friends, play dates, teasing, group dynamics.
15 stories
Family events
Birthdays, visitors, travel, new siblings.
15 stories
Safety
Crossing roads, strangers, elopement, emergencies.
15 stories
Body sensations
Pain, hunger, tiredness — reading body signals.
12 stories
India-specific
Pujas, joint-family homes, auto-rickshaws, festivals.
15 stories
The first week
What to do in the first 48 hours. What to ignore for a month.
4 stories
For the parent
Written to you, not about your child. Grief, blame, the life you didn't expect.
4 stories
After-me planning
UDID, Niramaya, guardianship, the letters you haven't written yet.
3 stories
Dads, siblings, grandparents
The rest of the family — what they carry, what they need, what they can do.
2 stories
What you get with every story
Every Moonpath story is written for a specific moment a parent might Google at midnight. Each comes with:
- A plain-language article on what’s really happening and what to try tonight
- A 5-panel social story your child can read with you (when available)
- A printable PDF for the fridge
- AAC vocabulary sheets you can load straight into Avaz, TouchChat, or Proloquo2Go
If you want to reach us, write to hello@moonpath.in. If you’re a therapist, a parent with a story you want told, or an AAC user yourself — we especially want to hear from you.
Spot something off on any page?
A wrong AAC symbol, an article that doesn’t match your therapist’s advice, a cultural detail that lands wrong — we want to hear it. Every page has a Report a gap link at the bottom, and we fix issues within a week.