January 29, 2004 my life changed for the better. God blessed me with the most lovable, interesting, fun little boy ever. By the time he was 8mths old I was amazed by how he loved it when I turned the weather on & would listen to everything the meteorologist had to say, till this day he still loves the weather & tells everyone he wants to be a storm chaser.His 1st birthday came around I noticed he wasn't trying to walk and didn't take his first step til he was 14mth. In Kindergarten,he started having a hard time. He came home crying saying his teacher didn't like him and that she would never let him play with the other kids. I went up to his class to surprise him one day before lunch and saw that he was on the other side of the classroom with his desk in the corner.We had his 1st parent teacher conference the first thing she said to me was," I just don't know what we're going to do with your son he's always drawing when I tell him to do his work and he acts very strange I've never seen anything like it" she had the most disgusted look on her face I felt like crying but was furious at the same time. So, after that I took matters into my own hands and searched for a child psychologist and didn't get him seen until he was in 1st grade and finally found out that he had Aspergers, I felt relieved. Gavin loves Spiderman, tornadoes, movies and most of all Jim Carry his favorite actor! he wants to meet him and knows almost everything about him from where he was born, when he moved to L.A. and got his big break. All in all I love my son with all my heart. I have been through alot of obsticles and crying because I didn't know how to help him and tons of patience when he gets upset and throws fits, I wouldn't change him for the world!

Patricia Finlen
Round Rock, TX