Our Goal is Simple: One Place Where Families Can Learn, Grow, and Feel They Are Not Alone
Why Tamitos was created, a shared space for families on the autism journey. A story about autism awareness, community, acceptance, and growing together with…
Nina Bakalová8 October 2025 · 2 min read
Why We Started
Every family on the autism journey knows the mix of emotions it brings: love, pride, exhaustion, confusion, hope. We’ve lived it too, as parents. Along the way, one thought kept returning to us - what if there was a place where families didn’t have to walk this road alone? That thought became the foundation of Tamitos.
What We Believe
Our goal is not complicated. We don’t want to build yet another program filled with complicated terms and walls of information. We want something much more human. A place where families can learn practical ways to support their children. A place where they can grow together, with resources that celebrate strengths as much as they address challenges. A place where they can feel safe, surrounded by others who truly understand. Because the truth is simple: no parent, no child, no family should ever feel isolated in their experience.
How Tamitos Brings This to Life
We’re creating this “one place” step by step: Through books and stories that explain autism with empathy and warmth. Through merch and toys that are not only fun, but also sensory-friendly and symbolic of acceptance. Through events and community meet-ups where families can connect and share real experiences. Through digital spaces filled with lighthearted memes and gifs, showing that awareness doesn’t always have to feel heavy, it can spread through joy, too.
More Than a Project - A Community
Tamitos is not just ours. It belongs to everyone who joins in. Each parent who shares their story, each supporter who buys merch to help another family, each child who sees themselves reflected in our characters, they are all part of this growing circle. Because our mission isn’t only about awareness. It’s about understanding, acceptance, and togetherness.
The Heart of It All
Our goal is simple: one place where families can learn, grow, and feel they are not alone. And step by step, story by story, that place is becoming real.
Mom of two and co-founder of TAMITOS. For several years I have walked alongside our daughter on the autism spectrum, sharing real experiences from everyday life to bring more understanding and practical information to parents and everyone around them.
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