I took a 10-year career break to care for my daughter who has disabilities. Here's how I broke back into my industry.

Nicki Schroeder Hanna-Katrina Jedrosz for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicki Schroeder, 57, who lives in London. The following has been edited for length and clarity. After I had my daughter in 2001, it gradually became clear that she had autism. At the time, I was a media lawyer at a firm where I had worked since 1994. I worked on libel cases, which I loved, but there weren't enough hours in the day to juggle the demands of my job with my daughter's needs, so…