When her son (who has brain damage from a birth injury) was also diagnosed with autism a few months ago at the age of four, Meredith Masony felt that having a diagnosis frankly hasn’t made her feel any better, or that putting a label on his condition hasn’t given her some peace as she thought it would. But looking back, she also noted that her son has been displaying signs of autism for a long time without her realizing it. Some of the things she saw was his need for a safe place to decompress (in this case, the closet), the level of rage he can display in the blink of an eye, his tendency to ask repetitive questions (even after they have been answered), his habit of humming and rocking back and forth to soothe himself, and his need to have things a certain way (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Living with autism hasn’t been and will not be easy for them; but she hopes that time, talking, learning, listening, and letting go are hopefully the next phase of this journey.

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