Press & Media

Rob Gorski has been a public voice in the autism parenting community since 2009. He's a father of three autistic sons in Northeast Ohio and has spent 25+ years navigating the medical, educational, and emotional landscape of raising kids on the spectrum. His writing and interviews focus on what autism parenting actually looks like day to day — the IEP meetings, sleep deprivation, advocacy fights, grief, and the small joys most clinical guides leave out.

For media inquiries, he speaks about autism diagnosis and the first two years that follow, navigating special education and IEPs, parent burnout and caregiver mental health, sibling dynamics in autism families, and how the autism community is evolving in 2026. He has appeared on CNN, ABC News, BBC Worldwide, the Tamron Hall Show, Healthline, and Entrepreneur, and is a regularly cited source for parenting and autism reporters.

Beyond press, Rob serves on the HPV Vaccine Advisory Community Board at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and advises the Safety on the Spectrum Initiative through the Autism Society of Greater Akron — work focused on reducing wandering and elopement risk for autistic kids. His first book, So Your Child Has Just Been Diagnosed with Autism, is being published by Quarto Publishing Group on December 29, 2026. For booking, interviews, or speaking inquiries, email rob@theautismdad.com.