If you are a mom like me who is fond of research and Googling symptoms (not a good idea, you always end up having cancer or dead if you don't know which information to weed out and which to consider) then you are probably looking all over the internet for reasons why your child or that child you saw in the grocery store having a meltdown got Autism. When my daughter's diagnosis was confirmed, that's what I did. I immediately took out my handy dandy laptop and started my research. The first culprit was the gene, so my husband and I tried to look within our family tree for signs and symptoms but we could not find any. The second was vaccination and I blindly put the blame to this until I saw this eye opening video from TED Talks.
Since my daughter got diagnosed with ASD, it became my advocacy to spread autism awareness. Sharing what I know about autism to parents like me or to other people who wants to understand is my primary goal. When people understand then the world will be a better place for my daughter and for all the children and adults with autism. I also believe that early diagnosis and therefore intervention are keys to help them learn and cope with their delays.
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