The People's Study

This mother thinks of her family’s story as “not common, but not uncommon.” In summary, she gave birth to a son without any noticeable signs of developmental delay — “He was really a normally-developing child” — who ended up regressing into autism. One of the first signs they observed was the loss of speech. How has it been, since his 18-month diagnosis? “A long journey,” the woman explains. Watch more interviews with autism families on the CHD Bus Stories page.