A space built with compassion for every kind of mind
Why a psychologist, her husband and their two sons opened Beyond Milestones in Bahria Town.
A career spent beside children
Abeeha Fatima has spent her working life with children and their families. She completed her clinical internship at the Armed Forces Institute of Mental Health in 2019, then started a psycho-social support programme for children with cancer at PIMS in 2021. She went on to assess and support children at the Punjab Special Education Department, and trained as a 1:1 behaviour therapist at Smart Start Academe, where she completed 200 hours of supervised training.
She holds an MSc in Psychology from the National Institute of Psychology at Quaid-i-Azam University, a postgraduate diploma in clinical psychology from Riphah International University, and the ABAT credential from QABA.
In every one of those rooms she saw the same thing: a patient, kind adult can change a child's whole day.
An autistic brain can do wonders.
It is the belief that sits underneath everything we do.
Success on paper was not enough
Abdul Haseeb spent years in corporate life. The targets, the meetings and the deadlines were familiar, but the feeling that something more meaningful was waiting kept growing.
Around the same time, Abeeha kept coming back to the same worry, and Abdul Haseeb heard it at the dinner table again and again.
Too little compassion, too far from home
Families told us the same things. Answers about their child's development came late. Explanations were short. Good therapy was a long drive away. Fees were rarely written down. And at family gatherings, a child who was overwhelmed was too often called badly behaved.
Research agrees that diagnosis in Pakistan often comes late, and there are few credentialed ABA professionals here. We could not fix all of that. We could build one place that does it differently: kind, clear, close to home, and honest about what we can and cannot do.
Abeeha, Abdul Haseeb, Ali and Aun
Beyond Milestones is a family decision. Abeeha leads the clinical side. Abdul Haseeb looks after everything that lets the centre run. And their two sons, Ali and Aun, are growing up watching their parents build something kind.
We want them, and every child in Pakistan, to grow up in a country where a different mind is met with patience, not pity.
A chart says what should happen by when. We ask what comes next.
Developmental milestones are useful signposts. They are not a ceiling. Every child we meet has a next step, and then another, and we want to walk beside them for each one.
Real people, real wonders
These stories are not promises about any one child. Every path is different. They remind us how much is possible when strengths are noticed and supported.
Temple Grandin
Diagnosed with autism as a child and not speaking at three, she became a professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her designs for humane livestock handling changed practice around the world, and TIME named her one of the 100 most influential people in 2010.
Read moreArchie Atkinson
A British para-cyclist who is autistic and also has cerebral palsy and ADHD. He has won Track World Championship gold medals, including the C4 scratch race in 2023 and 2025 and the C4 individual pursuit in 2024, and took silver in the individual pursuit at the 2024 Paralympic Games.
Read moreSir Anthony Hopkins
The Oscar-winning actor said in 2017 that he had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and has spoken of it as a gift that helps him understand the characters he plays.
Read moreWhat you can count on
- Kindness first: we treat behaviour as communication.
- Honesty: clear goals, honest updates and no promises about outcomes.
- Transparency: fees explained in writing before you commit.
- Supervision: ABA delivered under approved supervision.
- Partnership: you are part of the team from the first call.
- Respect for your family, your language and your values.