Autism Evaluation

Many of you have probably already heard but on 6/18 we took Max to see Dr. Hoffman for his autism evaluation. We were referred to him by our regular pediatrician after he failed the short autism evaluation with his 2yr check up. Dr. Hoffman spent almost 2 hrs asking us questions, playing with Max and evaluating him. They really prefer to wait until children are older to diagnose them but if they wait too long they will miss out on alot of early interventions and therapies they need. He diagnosed Max with being on the spectrum. As he gets older we will be able to determine how severe his autism will be. The diagnosis was not a surprise to us. He has been regressing and showing signs of being autistic for the past few months. We feel very blessed that they were able to diagnose him early so that we will be able to get him the early interventions he will need to be successful. We know that we are only at the beginning of what will be a very difficult journey but we know that we will have lots of love and support along the way.