My youngest son is autistic and he was a twin as well but unfornately we miscarried the other twin about two months into the pregnancy. He has two older siblings.I do agree that many individuals do not understand autism.When I noticed that my son wasn't quite progressing in the manner of which my older two did, I sought out help , not knowing that Autism would be dropped in my lap or the term like a ton of bricks just dropped on my head.But we love DeAngelo unconditional as we do all three of our children. I got involved with educating myself so I would learn and know what I had to do. Although I attend many workships it's still hard to deal with from time to time. I do know that God placed "D" as we affectionatley call him.I still cry and cry when I talk about DeAngelo, But I will always remem-ber what my first early interventionist told me; she said Angela God placed DeAngelo in your life for a special reason and I said yes just to love him.

AngelaWwashington Ruff