Twenty one years ago, I started this practice and the next phase of my life. In the previous decades, it was estimated that 4-5 children in 10,000 suffered from an autism spectrum disorder. My first due process case and appeal involved a young child with autism. ( T.H. v. Palatine) At that time, autism was relatively rare and the subject of many myths and few resources for treatment. Fortunately, my clients were resourceful and did their homework. They were one of the first families I knew who began an intensive Applied Behavior Analysis program of intervention. The schools refused to provide or fund ABA. Insurance funding was non-existent and parents were struggling in the dark. Many families gravitated toward any program that offered some glimmer of hope for intervention and even cure. Autism was not yet a household word or the subject of fundraisers and schools designed specifically for that population. Families hired lawyers like myself to fight for services in the schools.