This is Triston he was born April 30th, 2012 he was a full term pregnancy.He was my second son. My sons are 14 months apart. He was a rather quiet baby in comparison to his brother but, as they say every child is different. When it came to his milestones he didn't hit them at the "normal" times and I just chalked it up to him just be a late starter. He was growing fine he was a happy child. I started noticing things weren't quite right when he was about one years old and he had not said a single word not a moma or dada ever, he also would not alow any one but me touch him not even his own father which was heart breaking. He hated when anyone would come to visit he lots of anxiety around large groups and I just thought he was just anti social. I went to my sons doctor with my concerns and they told me the process to find out if he has autism is a long one. I jumped right in making calls having him evaluated for hearing and speech which was determined that he had a severe speech delay. So we then began the First Steps program and he is making huge strides in his therapy. It wasn't until July 15th, 2014 we found out that he does in deed have ASD at a level 2. We are were glad to finally get it on paper what we already knew.Triston amazes me everyday he has now learned to say moma and dada and he now claps and counts on his fingers there is a super smart kid just waiting to burst out and I love that I get to see him come out of his shell.He is amazing.

Ashli
independence, MO