Do you remember where you were? I still remember receiving the diagnosis from Dr. Mars of the Rutgers University evaluation team. And I still remember her crappy ass diagnosis. “Michael is on the low end….of severe”. What kind of diagnosis is that? How the hell can you start with “Michael is on the low end” then pause and finish with “of severe”. That might be the way you think, or write, but how the hell can you deliver such devastating news to a parent that way. Not that I’m still bitter almost a decade later. Yeah, that was a moment I won’t forget. When I got home, I cried like I haven’t cried as an adult. Even with the passing of my father years later, that was the most devastating news of my adult life.
Enough about me, here’s an artricle from another parent talking about the day she got the news…
Six years ago was ‘autism D-day’