Where this work began
This work emerged from a period of deep misalignment—
and of suffering—
from witnessing my child in profound distress
while what was unfolding in front of me
did not align with all I had learned,
with evidence-based methods,
or with what experts were recommending.
Unlearning and relearning
What followed was not a single shift,
but an ongoing process of unlearning and relearning.
Questioning what had been assumed.
Noticing what had been overlooked.
And gradually coming to understand
that much of what is labeled as behavior
may be shaped by more than we have been taught to see.
The work now
The ReHumanization Project exists
to facilitate shifts in understanding.
Not by telling people what to think —
but by supporting the conditions in which new perspectives can emerge.
Because when understanding shifts,
what becomes possible begins to shift with it.
Compassion for Capacity Saves Lives
A Project That Honors
This project honors the Gainer family and the beautiful life and memory of Ryan Gainer, whose legacy continues to inspire humanity, compassion, and love.
It also honors the lives and experiences of all humans — especially neurodivergent humans — whose experiences have too often been misunderstood within inherited systems, while holding hope for a future shaped by greater understanding, reflection, safety, and shared humanity.
Behind the Project
Stephanie Myung’s background spans autism services, education, rehabilitation systems, and behavior-based intervention settings — including previous work as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
What began to shift was not theory, but lived experience: becoming a PDA parent while witnessing her child move deeper into distress as the experts around her continued recommending increased demands, compliance-based approaches, and the very behaviorist methods she herself had once been trained to use.
What followed was an ongoing process of questioning, unlearning, lowering demands, and gradually moving toward a more human-centered perspective grounded in nervous system understanding, compassion, safety, and shared humanity.
Resources That Have Helped Shape This Work
Voices, resources and guiding lights that have helped shape the development of this project through their work, reflection, empathy, vulnerability and shared humanity.
Neurodiversity and nervous-system-informed parent coach, author of Low Demand Parenting, and creator of the Low Demand Parenting approach.
Casey Ehrlich, PhD; neurodiversity-affirming parent coach, educator, and founder of At Peace Parents.
Founded by Lindsay Flanagan, LCSW, Hive Parents offers nervous-system-informed support and community for parents navigating neurodivergence, PDA, and complex caregiving experiences.
LCSW/therapist specializing in neurodiversity affirming and the NeuroRelational care.
Nonprofit dedicated to increasing understanding, advocacy, education and support for PDA autism individuals and their families.