When Charlie was formally diagnosed with autism in July of 1999, “autism” seemed like something strange and puzzling and (to be very honest) unfathomable to me. I didn’t know anything about it, and I didn’t understand why it was necessary to apply such a “label” onto my toddler.
Nine years later, and not only do I know a great deal more about autism (with much more still to learn). It seems that people in general know a lot more autism, or are at least familiar with the word; it’s been some time since I said “autistic” and someone said back to …read more