My sibling is on the spectrum and went undiagnosed up until his teenage years, although our family always thought in the back of our minds that he might be autistic. What I can say is that I've seen the beauty in my sibling as he navigates life on the spectrum. For him, he is incredibly detail oriented and a very deep thinker, which has been fascinating to witness! His mind operates in ways I cannot even grasp, nor replicate! With supports in place, he enjoys school, he is learning how to drive, and he is thinking about attending university in the future! I hope that our story gives some comfort. I have definitely witnessed the power of God in my sibling's life.

Thanks for doing this. You truly are helping others. I learn so much from you. It is hard when we worry about our child; very, very hard. I appreciate you so, so much for being here !

❤ Thank you for the perspective.

Your sweet family is in my prayers. 🙏❤️

Thank you for sharing your experience, my boy is the same age as yours and also shows autistic behaviors. Except rather than regressing he started as a baby not developing normally until I noticed, and made some changes. When he was born he was perfect. Only cried for a minute when he was hungry, then latched and was fine. Until we got him vaxxed he was like that. Then all the sudden he wouldn't latch and I had to force him to feed. Wouldn't drink from a bottle either, so I had to just force him to latch. Non stop crying for at least three hours a day, plus frequent crying throughout the day until he was five months. Doctors didn't help. When he was five months I had to start feeding him puree, force feeding since he wouldn't eat. He was super mal nourished and was behind on development. Started standing at 1, walking at 1 and a half. He did the hand flapping, head banging, no understanding of communication, just would make some repetitive sounds. This went on until I got the wisdom to try to get those heavy metals out of him. Every meal I started sneaking chlorella and dandelion into his food. He improved in a couple weeks. Now we're to the point he can eat porridge still spoon fed but I don't have to force him to open his mouth, and sometimes he will hold the spoon with me to put it in his mouth, independently eat snacks that are not wet or sticky, weight is of a typical 2 and a half year old, no stimming but now he can do many gestures and imitating, as well as he plays with cars normally now with driving them, not just spinning the wheels over and over, cannot communicate well with others still but he knows words and even knows the alphabet and numbers. I believe communication will take time since he lost out on so much for his first year. I started taking him to a good daycare recently and thankfully he is developing even more with communication now. He can't say a sentence yet but recently started saying a word then babbling like he is saying a sentence or asking a question. So from my experience I recommend focusing on getting a lot of nutrition as well as detoxing heavy metals, and working on communication as much as possible. Praise Yahuah he has been guiding me when I started seeking him, and my boy is slowly but surely getting back to normal. Hope my story helps

Thank you so much for sharing your journey and experiences with your son. It is so SO hard sometimes because it's a silent mental impairement/difference. A lot of people cannot tell right away that your child might have something different about them and it can make it harder, it almost feels like it would be easier if they could just see it without anything needing to be explained....for why they clap their hands out of excitement or why they don't talk as a toddler or why they don't interact the way most children do out in public. The other side is wondering why, why did this happen but you are absolutely right. You looked at all of the bright sides to this type of situation and that's all you or anyone can do. We don't always know why God allows things to happen the way they do but as long as we know He's always there with us, we can trust that we'll get through it. I related so much to your story with losing sleep over being out of control of the future......potty training was the number one stress in my life with my son, almost a year later and we are nearly finished with it. I am praying for you and your family. ❤❤ My son is almost 6 and I homeschool him and my almost 9 year old daughter. I have 2 more children under them. It's full around here but I suppose God knows that I can handle it even if I don't always. 😅 (p.s. In looking through so many videos and blogs on autism, I found that I may very well be "high functioning" autistic as well. I went through public school so I "masked" heavily but understanding that has helped me understand my son even better now. ❤❤❤❤

I am wishing you and your son to go through this with ease and God's help, I have 3 kids ... all ADHD, not an easy journey...when I am myself also have ADHD diagnosed..... but I am holding on.... you seem to be a very loving and understanding mom, I am praying for you!

Also, thanks for this upload and info. Can you please share eith us more video on his signs ? Will help us with our worries to asses our kida even more

My niece has a little boy that will be three yrs old in September. I have three boys myself and i know that all kids are different. And when you experience three different personalities of little boys you pretty much can tell when something is not right. When i saw her son at 1 year old I could see that something was not quit right. I never heard him say a word, i never saw him smile, much less laugh and it was his birthday party. He really didn't look at you, but looking at his eyes , how can i put it?.......it seemed like nobody was in there like blank. I mentioned it to my husband he observed. But didn't mention it to his sister. so when we see him again he was going on two years older. Now everyone knows the terrible two stage. This baby was the same. It broke my heart. My husband finally brought it up with his sister. But she is in denial. She feels that hes just shy, and maybe allittle behind schedule. Unfortunately he will be 3 in September and till this day i have NEVER heard him say a word. My husband nor i will not mention it because my husband does not want to have a fallout with his sister because my husband told her he needed to get examined so if he is autistic they could start helping him while he's still little. And that my niece thinks that he is fine. Its her only child and maybe she just doesn't want to accept that her baby need help.

Have you had his bloodwork done? I am a doctor and I am also a mother. The way you describe his behaviour and development I got the impression that maybe he has had low Vitamin B12 levels. Ifyou haven’t had anyone check on that I would recommend you to have that done soon. Please feel free to contact me if you want to talk more about that in detail.hopefully your pediatrician has already thought about that possibility anyways… all the best for you and your boys

If I only had an incline back then. What you said made me remember. My ex husband and I took a trip together to my parents and after 2 week he went back home to get back to work, and I stayed longer. My son that for 2 months was already great with solid food to the point I barely produced much milk stopped eating all solids and only wanted milk. He was 8 months old. Even to accept a bottle took a month. Funny I never noticed I tipped toe walked until I was 52. Now that I got diagnosed a lot make sense. I'm working on getting my son diagnosed. The way you describe your son is almost to a T to me and my son. My son is a computer engineer BTW and your son is way ahead because he has a mom that paid attention and is getting the help he'll need throughout his life.

Thank you for your info. I am a concerned grandma. I believe my grandson may be on the spectrum. His parents however are strongly opposed to anything being wrong with their kiddos. They believe children should just grow at their own pace and there are too many labels. While I agree that people may be quick to label there is a time and place to get some assistance. I would welcome prayers that if their little boy shows more signs (he is only 20 months old rn) that they will eventually do what is needed and not worry so much about the label.

Unfortunatelly once a kid is autistic the next sibilings might be autistic too.. just saing so you can krep an eye on Oliver for the signs

I'm sick of the negativity with that comes autism diagnosis. They might have a different route in life like not being able to go to college for a few years but is any young adult really ever fully ready at that age these days.