Brendan was eager to entered the world, he came 4 weeks early no complications during birth and he was a healthily 6lbs 3oz. The day we brought him home he was not a normal happy baby. I thought he had colic because he didn't want to sleep and he cried a good part of the day. I would soon find out that he was having GI issues. It took until he was 5 months old for the doctors to get it under control. He was put on a prescription formula called Neocate and that really helped calm his stomach. Right at about 5 months is when I started to notice his strange characteristic and different personality, so I thought. From 5 months to 9 months I just started to video him when he would start acting weird. I would also take notes and list all things I thought that weren't typical behaviors. We took him to our pediatrician and explained and showed her everything we were concerned about and she sent us immediately to a developmental pediatrician. At 10 months the developmental pediatrician gave him the "at risk of autism". We started therapy but unfortunately he was getting worse so at 13 months he received his official "Autism Spectrum Disorder" diagnoses under the DSM V model. From that moment our lives changed forever. I am so thankful we got a diagnoses so early. We have just started the 40 hours a week of Hab M, he also receives ABA therapy, speech therapy, feeding therapy and occupational therapy. I can only hope that with all this therapy he will be a high functioning child by the time school starts. Brendan has taught me to be a better parent and to never taken anything in life for granted. We all love you!

Gina Schroeder
Phoenix, AZ