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Who am I?

I am starting this blog as a journal of my son's journey through Autism. I will start at the beginning June 6th, 2011. We are sitting in the doctors office. I was a little late scheduling Dylan's 2 year well visit so it had to be done today. Our doctor, who I believe saved Dylan's life as a newborn, was asking about milestones. I answered, well he used to talk but he stopped. He does a lot of random hand movements and gets really excited. He doesn't seem to hear me when I talk. The doctor said "lets get him a speech evaluation" and the journey began. Two months and failed music class later, he was being evaluated for autism by the early intervention center the speech pathologist recommended. He was not his best. He cried, he stomped his feet and climbed on the tables. Its like he knew what they were doing. They left the room and when they came back I was told he has the developmental age of a 11 month old and it would be best to start right away. I was devastated and confused, how can my smart handsome boy be that far behind? but I knew he needed this, so I agreed. Two weeks later, he officially got diagnosed on the autism spectrum, the official name being PDD-NOS. I remember the month before bawling my eyes out because I had been googling autism and its symptoms. I knew then Dylan was Autistic. I cuddled with him as he looked at me with his big curious eyes. But now, with this psychologist confirming my fears, I felt calm. I thought to myself, good now I know what we are dealing with. How can I help my son? That was August 16th, 2011. A day that changed our lives.