Looking for schools for R as he enters first grade has required us to update our documents, and one of the things we needed to do was to have an updated report on R's condition with a developmental pediatrician.
The official diagnosis is moderate autism.
The doctor is quite optimistic, as he says R has improved so much but he cannot discount his previous mannerisms. He thinks that R can be brought to the high-functioning side of the spectrum, given that he has been receiving intervention as early as 2 years old.
He also says it's possible that I myself may be mildly autistic.
There's a lot to process here.
I haven't done that fully yet, but I guess that means there will be more resources for me to check out. More book reviews, more internet articles to share, more information to process and learn.
It's a hard pill to swallow. I admit that. I suppose any parent would have a hard time.
But now I'm trying to learn not to see R through the lenses of autism.
May God help us. May God enable and equip us. May God grant us wisdom.
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