The Tilt Parenting Report
We asked 440 families across every stage of the journey — newly diagnosed to navigating young adulthood — what it’s really like to raise a neurodivergent child. Here’s what they told us.
When I launched Tilt Parenting in 2016, I was a mom in the thick of it — searching for real community, concrete strategies, and the simple reassurance that I wasn’t the only one struggling. Tilt was built from that place.
Ten years later, I wanted to ask: how are families actually doing? What has changed? Where are we still stuck? What do parents need most right now?
Last summer, I surveyed 440 parents and caregivers of neurodivergent children. And seeing what came, all together — the exhaustion, the love, the resilience — was pretty profound.
This report is for every parent who has ever felt unseen, overwhelmed, or alone in this. You are not alone. And you are extraordinary.
— Debbie Reber, Founder, Tilt Parenting
What the Data Shows:
4.70 / 5
Feeling unseen by community and schools — the #1 rated challenge, above school systems, finances, and family stress
71%
Of parents are formally diagnosed, strongly suspect, or are actively exploring their own neurodivergence
77%
Name podcasts as their #1 source of parenting information — above specialists, books, and family doctors
73%
Feel confident in their ability to support their child — hard-won confidence built over years of learning and advocacy
“[I wish people knew] how isolating it is. I feel like our situation calls for casseroles and check-in texts, but we get left out and ignored.”— Survey respondent
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