About Us

Stop Guessing. Start Understanding.

Empowering Brilliance. Fostering Inclusivity.

Kendall Autism Support & Consulting (KASC) wasn’t built in a boardroom.
It was built in the storm.

Founded by Tanyika Mayhew Butler retired educator, powerhouse resilience strategist, and autism mom to a phenomenal 23-year-old daughter KASC exists to change how families, schools, and communities support neurodiverse lives.

Tanyika didn’t observe the system she survived it.

5 schools in 5 years

An Intensive Behavioral Unit

Suspensions

Aggression

Isolation

And still—she refused to let her daughter be reduced to paperwork, pity, or punishment.

Instead, she fought back. Advocated fiercely. Exposed the gaps. And created systems that actually worked.

After 27 years of leading schools, training counselors, and sitting on both sides of the IEP table, Tanyika didn’t walk away from education in defeat—she stepped out with a mission:

To help powerhouse autism parents stop drowning in confusion and start leading with clarity, systems, and unshakable calm.

What We Do

At KASC, we don’t believe in check-the-box autism training.
We believe in building confident communities that know how to support autistic individuals from the classroom to the kitchen table.

We offer:
✅ Staff Training & Development
For paraprofessionals, school counselors, bus monitors, leadership teams & more

✅ 1-on-1 Parent Coaching
For families navigating meltdowns, routines, and survival-mode parenting

✅ Books & Practical Tools
Including Krusade for Kendall, Building Bridges: The Autism Support Workbook, The Blueprint to Calm, and A Refreshed You in 10 Minutes

Why We’re Different

Because we’ve lived it.
Because we’ve built it.
Because we don’t guess—we execute.

With KASC, you don’t just get information. You get:

Done-with-you systems that create calm at home
Communication tools that shift IEP meetings from reactive to strategic
Frameworks that help schools support—not sideline—autistic students

This isn’t about “making it through.”
This is about creating momentum, confidence, and calm that lasts.

Inclusion starts here.
Let’s build what’s been missing—together.

Meet our Founder, Tanyika Mayhew Butler: A Courageous, Resilient Advocate

Meet the Founder: Tanyika Mayhew Butler

She didn’t just survive autism parenting—she built a blueprint from it.

At Kendall Autism Support & Consulting (KASC), Tanyika Mayhew Butler doesn’t speak from theory—she speaks from the trenches. She’s a powerhouse in sneakers and heels: wife of 27 years, mother of two, multiple sclerosis warrior, autism parent, retired educator, and transformational strategist.

When her daughter was diagnosed with autism before the age of two—and later with an intellectual disability, ADHD, and emotional-behavioral challenges Tanyika wasn’t handed a roadmap. She was handed silence, stigma, and a broken system. Instead of surrendering, she built what was missing: systems that stabilize families, anchor parents, and hold schools accountable.

Through five school changes in five years, endless IEP meetings, attorney fees, behavior units, and her own MS diagnosis, she discovered the truth every autism parent eventually faces:
\Survival isn’t enough. Systems are the only strategy that lasts.

Resilience Wasn’t a Choice—It Became the Framework

With 27 years in education—training counselors, building inclusive systems, and walking into schools as both educator and autism mom—Tanyika’s lived experience and expertise collide in a way few can match.

She has become the voice schools listen to, and the strategist parents trust when everything feels unstable. Her clients walk away not just with advice, but with custom systems that turn IEPs into strategy, routines into stability, and parenting chaos into anchored calm.

Credentials + Contributions

Graduate of Florida A&M University, Clark Atlanta University, and Valdosta State University
Author of A Krusade for Kendall: A Black Family’s Journey with Autism and two additional books on autism advocacy and systems
Founder of a firm reshaping how schools, businesses, and parents approach neurodiversity and resilience
Speaker and trainer for organizations who want more than inspiration—they want implementation

Why Book Tanyika?

If you’re ready for more than another autism awareness talk, bring Tanyika into your room. She blends:
✔ Storytelling that moves hearts
✔ Strategy that changes systems
✔ CEO-level clarity that anchors families and organizations in action

Because overwhelm doesn’t stay at home—it shows up at work, in classrooms, and in leadership. And resilience isn’t just about surviving storms—it’s about building structures that can withstand them.

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