About AavionD
There are things you only understand
when you've lived them.
AavionD exists for one reason — families navigating this journey deserve to feel genuinely understood, and professionally supported.
Raising a child with a disability is one of the most demanding journeys a family can take on. Not because parents aren't strong enough — they are. But because the systems built to help often fall short in ways that are difficult to put into words.
Schools try. Regional Centers try. Workplaces have policies. But good intentions only go so far when the people making decisions haven't experienced what it actually feels like to sit in those meetings, read those reports, and carry that weight home at the end of the day.
There is the financial pressure that accumulates in ways nobody warned you about — in copays, in leave taken off, in decisions quietly shaped by what your child needs. There is the exhaustion of moving through system after system — schools, Regional Centers, Medi-Cal, community services — each with its own language, its own timelines, its own barriers.
And there is the workplace. Most parents try to keep that world separate — and most find they cannot. There are the calls that come at the wrong time. The days that require you to choose. The slower, quieter cost of being someone whose mind is never fully off the clock — because when you are a caregiver for a child with a disability, there is no off the clock. Many parents carry this every day, largely unseen and rarely acknowledged.
That isolation — the sense that no matter how much people around you care, very few of them truly understand what you are carrying — is one of the hardest parts of the journey. And it rarely gets talked about.
People can learn about your journey. They can study it, support it, advocate for it. But there is a different quality of understanding that only comes from having lived something close to it yourself — and that difference, quiet as it is, matters deeply to families who have felt the gap.
That is the space AavionD works to occupy. Not by claiming to have all the answers, but by showing up with something genuinely rare: the perspective of someone who has been inside this same journey — who has asked the same questions, felt the same uncertainty, and learned firsthand how to move through a system that families like ours often find difficult to navigate.
This journey belongs to your child. But it is carried by the whole family. Advocacy matters — for both. And so does feeling genuinely understood by the people supporting you through it. That is what we work toward — every family, every plan.
Vish B.
Founder & Certified Independent Facilitator — AavionD
Vish began navigating California's Regional Center system in 2020 as a parent of an autistic child. That experience — working through IEPs, Medi-Cal, IHSS, and eventually the Self-Determination Program — became the foundation of AavionD. With over 22 years in engineering and systems design, he brings a structured, clear-headed approach to a process that most families find overwhelming. As a Certified Independent Facilitator, he continues to expand his expertise and develop technology-enabled tools to help families move through the SDP process with greater clarity and confidence.
2020
Regional Center journey began
22+
Years systems & engineering
Exclusively serving
SDP families
Our focus, our purpose
How We Work
Strengths-first
Every plan starts with what is strong — your child's gifts, hopes, and vision — not their diagnosis or label.
Structured & clear
Complex systems deserve organized, step-by-step guidance. We bring an engineer's clarity to every plan.
Parent-to-parent
We've sat in your seat. That lived experience shapes how we listen, plan, and show up alongside you.
Informed advocacy
We work to ensure your family feels heard, well-represented, and supported throughout every step of the process.
Areas of Expertise
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