My name is Marcella and my 5 year old son Brody was just diagnosed with Aspergers. As far as I can remember I have always known something was different about him but I could never really pin point what it was. To take you back to the beginning Brody was born a big big boy and til this day has remained a big boy or as I call him my gentle giant. He was always such a good baby and as he became a toddler he was never one to explore his surroundings. He walked right after his 1st bday but seemed to be delayed in speech early on. Along with speech delay he also had a limited taste for foods (we now know its a texture issue). At age 3 we had him evaluated for speech but he was considered borderline and then again at age 4 but again same results. Throughout these years his inability to socialize was a bit alarming but I figured maybe he was just an anti social person, what else could it be right? May 26,2014 is the day that turned our world upside down. That was the day the facial tics started for him. We didn't know what was going on so the following day we were at the Pediatrician who then sent us to Neurology. That road led us to The Stewart Center who performed a number of test on him and led us to the diagnosis of Aspergers. Those results helped connect all the dots and NOW we knew, we finally had answers and tools that could help us help him succeed. His tics have worsened and have now turned into a number of facial and vocal tics but were coping the best we can. With all that being said my boy is amazing and loving and sweet and above all he has taught us so much throughout this journey and I thank him for that.

Marcella Campos
Tomball, TX