If you are here, you are likely exhausted. You might be a BCBA trying to protect your clients' high-hour authorizations, or you might be a parent who is just now looking at your child and wondering, "Is this autism?" Wherever you are on this journey, you are dealing with a system that feels designed to make you give up. I know exactly how heavy that weight is.

For 13 years, I didn't just work alongside the insurance authorizations matrix—I navigated its deepest, most complicated gears from the inside. I know the exact, unspoken rules the reviewers use to deny services, because I spent over a decade watching the system operate. But I realized that the true sense and human heart had been squeezed out of the corporate machine—so I stepped out of the building to stand completely on your side of the line.

I built The Hidden Village Consulting LLC to be a sanctuary and a strategic powerhouse. My dedication isn't just to auditing paperwork; it is to the entire autism journey. If you suspect your child has a developmental delay, you shouldn't have to wait for a crisis to get help. I am here to teach you how to navigate the system from day one—from securing a proper diagnosis and managing challenging behaviors at home, to building a bulletproof strategy for long-term clinical support. I want to give you what you need to know, when you need to know it, so you never have to face the wilderness alone.

Jessica Hartsell- Founder