As an ASD parent please question EVERYTHING

I think that is the absolutely most important thing for a parent with a child who has been diagnosed asd.  If "experts" tell you that your child is mentally handicapped and you have even an inkling that that does not sound true then please please question what they say.

I think I was just extremely lucky that every time I heard or read something that said asd people were lower in intellect it did NOT sound right.  Also just before I got married to hubby I was angry and asked google a question, it brought up aspergers male.  I read it and said "Honey they have listed your personality", he said funny you say that, when I was at university I found that out and told my friends, they kind of ignored it and we carried on as normal.

When I took Edward to see the specialist I was expecting a diagnosis of aspergers, not autism.  I thought my son was intelligent and quirky and showing all the signs of aspergers minus delayed speech.  But hubby and Mother in law said hubby was slow to speak.

After diagnosis and the shock of not understanding Autism at all, I kept coming across things that really did not ring true.  I could not believe the experts.  I was lucky to come across the book "The spark" by Kristine Barnett.  And Edward was 2 years and few months by then, while reading the book I could see some similarities between Jacob (Kristine's son) and mine.  So instead of doing what the experts said, my first plan of attack was to find Edward's love.

Without the book I have no idea how bad it would have been for my little man. So with lots of YouTube videos, a patient hubby and tons of toys checking his body language to everything. Well Edward is now 3 yrs and 3 months, he loves the solar system, gravity (still checking to see if the next thing will fall down), maps (inclusive of google maps) globe, swings, the trampoline, letters, numbers, words, spelling, writing, dancing, jumping, spinning, flapping and he is still only partially verbal.....not to bad for a moderately autistic little man also diagnosed with developmental delays with the paediatrician telling me there was no way of telling what the outcome may be.