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The first critical step in diagnosing your child's autism is to have your child undergo a series of tests and assessments so as to correctly determine if it is autism.

At around 29 months of age, our son, Dalton was still not speaking and after a couple of stressful incidents we realized that Dalton needed to be tested for autism.

To diagnose an individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) has become an important test for clinicians.

It took about 6-8 months before our son Dalton received the diagnosis of autism. He was 18 months old when the journey began.

Borrowing a title from a great new novel about a family's story of autism, I continue my discussion on our son and our family's journey with autism.

I think it is important for families to share their personal stories of triumphs and challenges that they face with autism. Here is the beginning of Dalton's journey.

Every parent who has a child with autism looks back through the early years to see what signs may have been present early on.