Alexander Cheung's nine-year-old son has autism and ADHD. He struggled socially and emotionally in public school both in California and after the family moved to Liberty, Utah. After researching the benefits neurodivergent kids get from being in nature, Cheung started the Wilderland Academy, an outdoor microschool for self-directed learners. But then he tried to build a small building on land a community member was letting them use.
"[The county] would send us a question, or say we need more information," Cheung tells Reason. "And then they would take four to eight weeks to get back to us with an answer."
