Aiden was diagnosed with Autism at the early age of 3, although we knew before his 2nd birthday something was not right. Tantrums, lining up his toys in certain patters, loud sounds, not speaking and wanting to stay up late at night, those are just some of the things that he had to endure and suffer. We cried many times asking ourselves why did this have to happen to him or any child for that matter.
After countless visits to doctors who could never just give us a answer we found a place that specialized in autism, all the therapist and staff there were such a blessing to us, they worked with Aiden for over a year until they determined what we needed to know, we finally had an answer. Aiden's mommy and I (grandma) were not going to wait in getting him the help he needed so that he could at least try to live a close to normal live as he deserved.
Aiden was enrolled in school and was truly blessed with the most amazing teacher, aid and speech therapist he could ever have, that was just the start now he is in 1st grade, again blessed with more amazing educators, he spends most of his school day in a general educational classroom and does extremely well.
Aiden has gained so much confidence to do things, learn things and most importantly enjoy the things he had been missing out on. His accomplishments are just amazing, he can now speak, loves math and so much more. We know there will be so many more challenges as he grows and some will be undoubtedly hard but Aiden is remarkably perceptive, compassionate and so very kind we have no doubt he will get by not only because we will be there every step of the way but because God is always with him.
Through hard work on all our parts so many of the missing pieces were found and new connections were made, he is blessed and we love him exactly for who he is and what he will become.
Devine, TX
