God Made You Special...
As some of you may already know, earlier this month, Avery had to go through a two part screening process at Boston Children’s. There was a team of pediatric behavioral specialists that observed him from another room where Avery could not see them, while another specialist performed the assessment with him. Last week, we received the results of their findings.... Avery was diagnosed with autism.... Although I have always had my suspicions, since he was about 9 months or so, it was still difficult to hear those words. Since then, I have been spending any free time I get doing some research, talking with other autism parents, and planning for the next step, which is getting him setup with ABA services. We have shared this news with a few people, but now we feel it is a good time to let the rest of our family and friends know so that everyone is on the same page and has the information they need to better understand and interact with our little warrior. Unfortunately, there is st