Just Get to the Trailhead: How Even Small Doses of Nature Benefit Us All

Lisa Louis, writer and creator of HikingAutism.com, shares insights on the powerful effects of even small doses of nature to help us live more focused, satisfying lives, using the moving story of her profoundly autistic son as an example.

Trapped at home by his overwhelmed sensory system and other challenges of autism, the family got son Sean to walk the beautiful trails of San Francisco and Marin County as a way to participate in the world around him.
Lisa’s ultimate message is that even when life seems overwhelming, it’s worth the effort to get up, get out, and keep putting one foot forward!

About Lisa Louis

Lisa Louis shares the joy she and her son found through hiking at HikingAutism.com, enjoyed by readers around the world, and leads special needs families on monthly nature hikes in collaboration with the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. When not tromping through the woods, Lisa is a technical translator of Japanese, and is working on a book about her family’s journey.