The literature on autism describes many different types of therapy techniques and teaching strategies. Most are interventions that help a child with autism move from one developmental level to the next and learn to manage his or her behavior. Although important, such strategies and therapies do not examine how a family's cultural practices may help a child with the acquisition of language and social skills such as interaction, communication, play, and joint attention, which is the ability to coordinate attention socially with the caregiver or parent. In this article, the author shares her family's story with a goal of offering ideas for using families' funds of knowledge to help children on the autism spectrum develop language and social skills through playful interactions. She believes that children from all cultures and children with different abilities can benefit from their families' use of their cultural knowledge to support development of language and social skills. When teachers and therapists know and understand children's cultural background, they can provide experiences that capture children's attention, particularly the interest of those on the autism spectrum. Tips for working with families of children with autism are presented.