AAPC - Autism Asperger Publishing Company

Kristi Sakai

Kristi Sakai lives on a farm in Oregon with her three children and husband, all of whom have Asperger Syndrome. After her oldest child was diagnosed, she embarked on an intense journey of seeking out interventions only to discover they mostly applied to clinical and school settings. She set about to “translate” these research-based strategies for home and family, which eventually led to her writing Finding Our Way: Creating a Supportive Home and Community for the Asperger Syndrome Family, which received the Autism Society of America’s 2006 Literary Work of the Year in the Family Social category. Kristi is a national presenter, as well as Editor of the Autism Asperger Publishing Company’s online newsletter: AAPC Community of Support for Parents, Professionals and People on the Spectrum. But the greatest passion of her life is being Mom to Tom, Kito, and Kaede, and wife to Nobuo. The Sakai family also has too many cats, chickens, ducks and bees to count.