Derek

You know, I come from 26 years of different and it was severe. Like the preschool called and said, your kid can't come here anymore. And I'm like, you're wrong. Everything's fine. So I came in the opposite way. Look, I've learned so much about this and there's definitely been an expansion of the diagnosis and that's a good thing.

And if you're asking questions about your neurology, something probably is going on. My brother had sensory issues undiagnosed his whole life because even today you have to be diagnosed autistic to really get any help for sensory processing disorder. It's not like really its own thing. We can't get it and then get services or help. You see what I'm saying?

And if you're asking questions about your neurology, something probably is going on. My brother had sensory issues undiagnosed his whole life because even today you have to be diagnosed autistic to really get any help for sensory processing disorder. It's not like really its own thing. We can't get it and then get services or help. You see what I'm saying?

And if you're asking questions about your neurology, something probably is going on. My brother had sensory issues undiagnosed his whole life because even today you have to be diagnosed autistic to really get any help for sensory processing disorder. It's not like really its own thing. We can't get it and then get services or help. You see what I'm saying?

And we're diagnosing his neurology and he's ADHD, but it's so severe. I can see the impact in his life. And it's so sad there's not services for people that don't show external symptoms. It's internalized. That's a whole population. That population does not cross over with this population. This is different.

And we're diagnosing his neurology and he's ADHD, but it's so severe. I can see the impact in his life. And it's so sad there's not services for people that don't show external symptoms. It's internalized. That's a whole population. That population does not cross over with this population. This is different.

And we're diagnosing his neurology and he's ADHD, but it's so severe. I can see the impact in his life. And it's so sad there's not services for people that don't show external symptoms. It's internalized. That's a whole population. That population does not cross over with this population. This is different.

This is like massive interventions, diagnosis at young, countless thousands and thousands of hours that I've spent in therapy rooms talking with different things. And she went to an autism school. She's still in speech. I'm still learning, like all that sort of stuff.

This is like massive interventions, diagnosis at young, countless thousands and thousands of hours that I've spent in therapy rooms talking with different things. And she went to an autism school. She's still in speech. I'm still learning, like all that sort of stuff.

This is like massive interventions, diagnosis at young, countless thousands and thousands of hours that I've spent in therapy rooms talking with different things. And she went to an autism school. She's still in speech. I'm still learning, like all that sort of stuff.

So a lot of people who have low support needs, these are the people with internalized struggles, will say, we don't need to have categories of autism. It's just autism. And I would say the problem with that is then how do you create a treatment plan to help someone? How do you do that? There's so many young parents that reach out to me and say, what do I do? And I have to say, are they talking?

So a lot of people who have low support needs, these are the people with internalized struggles, will say, we don't need to have categories of autism. It's just autism. And I would say the problem with that is then how do you create a treatment plan to help someone? How do you do that? There's so many young parents that reach out to me and say, what do I do? And I have to say, are they talking?

So a lot of people who have low support needs, these are the people with internalized struggles, will say, we don't need to have categories of autism. It's just autism. And I would say the problem with that is then how do you create a treatment plan to help someone? How do you do that? There's so many young parents that reach out to me and say, what do I do? And I have to say, are they talking?

Are they in school? Are they engaging? Are they learning? Are they engaged? Because Abby, when you were young, she did not engage in the world. She was completely isolative. And we had to do certain therapies to bring her out. But ours was obvious. So how do you help people?

Are they in school? Are they engaging? Are they learning? Are they engaged? Because Abby, when you were young, she did not engage in the world. She was completely isolative. And we had to do certain therapies to bring her out. But ours was obvious. So how do you help people?

Are they in school? Are they engaging? Are they learning? Are they engaged? Because Abby, when you were young, she did not engage in the world. She was completely isolative. And we had to do certain therapies to bring her out. But ours was obvious. So how do you help people?

And the profoundly autistic community, I'll tell you what, I sat in a support group when she was little and adorable and sweet and isolative. And I heard a mom cry over the fact that she had to choose putting her 13-year-old son in a facility forever because she couldn't handle him anymore because it was that profound autism.

And the profoundly autistic community, I'll tell you what, I sat in a support group when she was little and adorable and sweet and isolative. And I heard a mom cry over the fact that she had to choose putting her 13-year-old son in a facility forever because she couldn't handle him anymore because it was that profound autism.

And the profoundly autistic community, I'll tell you what, I sat in a support group when she was little and adorable and sweet and isolative. And I heard a mom cry over the fact that she had to choose putting her 13-year-old son in a facility forever because she couldn't handle him anymore because it was that profound autism.

And I'll never forget sitting there watching the tears of her and her husband having decided to do this. And I felt like this was a parent support group when you were young. And I was so moved by that woman. I still remember her face. I still remember her sitting in the chair. And I thought, I don't have that. I'll never know what that's like.