MY NAME IS MARIA I HAD MY ANGEL WHEN I WAS 22.HE WAS BEAUTIFUL I CHERISHED HIS EVERY MOVE WITH ALL MY HEART HE WAS A NORMAL BABY SO I THOUGHT I HAD 2 KIDS ALREADY AND REALLY DIDNT NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT UNTILL HE STARTED GETTING A LITTLE OLDER NOTICE HE WAS DISTANT FROM EVERYONE DIDNT LIKE PLAYING WITH HIS SIBLINGS DIDNT EAT FOOD LIKE WE DID WOULD GAG AND SPIT FOODS OUT THAT WERE WET OR MUSHY. HIS COMMUNICATION WIT US WAS HARD DIDNT KNOW WAT HE WANTED AND WOULD THROUGH HORRIBLE TANTRUMS THAT NOW I CALL MELTDOWNS. WE FINALLY GOT HIM TESTED AND HE WAS DIAGNoSED WITH AUTISM AND SPEECH IMPAIRMENT . AT FIRST I WAS SCARED I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS IN MY LIFE AND MORE SCARED THAT ITS NOT KNOWN WHAT CAUSES IT.HE STARTED SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 3 HE'S 11 NOW AND IT HASN'T BEEN EASY AND SOMETIMES I CRY MY SELF TO SLEEP BUT HE'S MY ANGEL I HAVE FAITH THAT ONE DAY HE WILL TALK AND WE WILL HOLD LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER HE'S LEARNED ALOT FROM ALL HIS WONDERFUL TEACHERS AND SPEECH THERAPIST . I LOVE U CHRISTIAN.

Anonymous
Mckinney, TX