Missing Links Filling the Gaps to Autism

At Missing Links, learning is not one-size-fits-all 🧩

Our approach brings education and evidence-based ABA together to support skills that are meaningful in everyday life. Programming is shaped around each learner’s strengths, needs and goals, with a focus on communication, independence, participation and confidence.

The goal is not simply learning a skill in one setting. It is helping that skill become useful across home, school and the community.

We provide the missing link.

Why “the missing link”? 👀

Traditional education and clinical autism services are often treated as separate worlds. Missing Links was created to help bridge that gap.

Our Progressive ABA model brings educators, ABA professionals and behavioural specialists together to support academic, communication, social, personal and practical development.

New routines take time, especially when the return to school brings changes in sleep, transportation, expectations and daily activities.

Begin with one or two manageable steps. Use visuals where helpful, provide advance notice before transitions and leave room for adjustment.

The goal is not a perfect routine, it is greater predictability, comfort and confidence.

Save this checklist for your back-to-school preparation. 📌
We provide the missing link.

Connection can grow when learners have the right environment, support and opportunities to practise. 💬

Missing Links Social Groups use structured, theme-based activities to support communication, turn-taking, shared participation and confidence.

Groups are designed to help learners practise meaningful social skills without losing sight of fun, comfort and individual needs.

Contact our team to ask about fall availability and find out whether a group may be a good fit for your learner.

We provide the missing link.

Summer learning that feel like summer! ☀️💦

At Missing Links, we combine creativity, play and purposeful learning to keep kids engaged while building meaningful skills. From water play to sensory exploration, every experience is an opportunity for connection, confidence and progress.

Learning can be fun—and progress can happen everywhere.

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Fall is a new beginning, and every learner’s support needs can look different 🍂

Missing Links offers both daytime sessions to fit your schedule, as well as after-school programming for children and teens, supporting communication, academics, social development, essential skills and greater independence.

Our team works with each family to identify programming that reflects their learner’s strengths, needs and goals.

Contact us to learn more about fall programs and current availability.
We provide the missing link.

Meet Am Badwall, Founder and Executive Director of Missing Links 🔗✨

With nearly 30 years of experience in autism intervention and Applied Behaviour Analysis, Am has helped shape an approach that brings clinical knowledge, education and meaningful real-life skill development together.

Her work spans clinical programming, curriculum development, professional training, team leadership and advocacy. Through Missing Links, she remains committed to creating individualized learning opportunities that respect each learner’s needs, strengths and goals.

We provide the missing link.

Some of the most meaningful learning doesn’t happen sitting at a desk.

It happens when learners are engaged, connected, curious and actively participating in the experience around them.

At Missing Links, our Progressive ABA approach focuses on creating learning opportunities that are meaningful to the individual. We build skills through play, movement, interaction, problem solving and real-life experiences, while intentionally targeting communication, social development, independence, flexibility and confidence.

Because learning should be more than completing a task.

It should make sense, feel meaningful and carry over into ever