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Controlled Chaos: A Survival Guide for Neurodivergent Parents

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In Controlled Chaos, Daniel Jones, a respected voice in the autistic community, offers authentic advice, expert insight, real-life stories and actionable strategies to help neurodivergent parents navigate the unique joys and challenges of raising children. He explores what it really means to be a neurodivergent parent - from understanding your own neurodivergence to building a home life that works for your nervous system instead of against it - and emphasises the importance of self-advocacy and building support networks, ensuring that parents don't feel isolated in their journey.

Covering sensory-friendly spaces, routines and structure, emotional regulation, communication with children, advocacy in schools and healthcare, managing overload, meltdowns, daily responsibilities, bonding with your child and more, Daniel shares simple systems, practical tools, and honest insight to help parents stay regulated, present and connected. One of the first books to support neurodivergent parents, whose experiences are often underrepresented and misunderstood, Controlled Chaos is a timely and essential resource that celebrates the strengths of neurodivergent families, reminding parents that they can build a family life that is loving, stable and true to who they are.

Daniel Jones

Daniel M. Jones is an international bestselling author, autism advocate and creator of The Aspie World, a platform that provides autism awareness, advice and support for autistic adults and their families. His first book, Autism for Adults, has resonated worldwide. He draws on his lived experience as an autistic dad with ADHD and OCD to create practical resources, training and content to help people better understand neurodiversity. Daniel has been featured on BBC, Netflix, VidCon and MIT. He lives in Wales on the Isle of Anglesey.

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