Amanda Diekman – författare

"Low-demand parenting requires radical acceptance. It says to the kid right in front of you, I see you, just as you are. - You are ok here. I love you right here."Parent to neurodivergent children and autistic adult, Amanda Diekman, outlines a parenting approach that finally lowers the bar for the whole family, enabling the equilibrium of the home to be restored.Low-demand parenting allows you to drop the demands and expectations that are making family life impossible and embrace the joyful freedom of living life with low demands. It can be a particularly effective approach for children with high anxiety levels including neurodivergent children. Amanda talks from experience and teaches you how to identify what the big, tiny and invisible demands are for your own child and gives you the step-by-step instructions on how to drop them.Full of practical resources and scripts that are easy to implement in busy everyday life, this book is your flashlight and your map to parenting your uniquely wired child. It will not tell you where to go, but it will help you find your way so you and your family thrive.

Parent to neurodivergent children and autistic adult, Amanda Diekman outlines a parenting approach that finally lowers the bar for the whole family, helping restore calm, connection, and equilibrium at home.Now reimagined as a fully illustrated graphic guide based on the bestselling book, this accessible edition distils Amanda's low‑demand approach into a clear, visual companion for families seeking a gentler way to live together. Low‑demand parenting invites you to drop the expectations that make daily life overwhelming and embrace the joyful freedom of living with fewer demands. This is an approach that can be especially powerful for children with high anxiety, including neurodivergent children.Drawing from lived experience, Amanda shows you how to identify the big, tiny and invisible demands affecting your child, and offers step‑by‑step guidance on how to lower them with confidence and compassion.Full of practical tools, scripts, and supportive illustrations, this visual guide becomes both your flashlight and your map to parenting your uniquely wired child. Not telling you where to go, but helping you find your way so your whole family can thrive.