The Beginning!!!
I thought it was important to take you back to the beginning of our Autism story. It began when Seth was born but we didn't really know till he was 3 and not really talking. He only said about 3 words or so, and would scream when we wanted something. It was hard for me to figure out what he wanted most of the time. I had many people tell me he will talk when he is ready. It was heartbreaking for me to see him struggling and not be able to help him. I remember one time when my sister was visiting and we were getting ready to go outside. I got him all ready and he wanted to go and I told him he needed to wait for me to get ready. Well, that did not go over well and he had a meltdown and started screaming. Normally I would hurry and get outside to avoid a meltdown, but my sister made me sit on the couch with her and wait. She said he needs to learn to wait patiently because you can't always hurry. So, I sat on the couch with tears rolling down my face because my little boy wa...