Lisa Simmons

Yeah, this is, we're talking, Daniel was three in 1988.

Yeah.

So we're...

you know early uh on in this in this journey and uh knowing anything and um anyway it turned out obvious i knew he had perfect hearing because he understood what i said what anything i told him to do he did it so he understood language just wasn't coming out and um i think providentially

You had just started a job where your boss's daughter was a speech therapist.

Yeah.

And we started going to her three days a week.

Goodness gracious.

We did that for a year.

And then it was like a light bulb moment.

He started talking.

And had not stopped.

He has not stopped.

And, you know, so there's been all the ins and outs of that.

Well, as it said, if you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person.

So everybody's journey is going to be different, just as everybody's child, whether they're autistic or not, is different.

But, you know, there are some things.

Usually kids on the spectrum tend to be more what we call floppy.

They don't have a lot of muscle tone.

They tend to just be a little later.