Two appointments have been set in response to our filling out massive packets of paperwork.

The first one is with Early Start and it’s on next Tuesday, April 13. This is the one to determine what services he needs, as far as I know.

The second one is with Kaiser Permanente’s regional autism center on Wednesday, May 12. This is the one to determine what the doctors with opinions think this is – autism, something else altogether, a delay/difference of insignificant quality.. as far as I know.

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I do a lot better day to day when I don’t focus on all of this autism crap. I know damn well that if he has this condition, the earlier we act, the better. But it’s lost among what is normal for his age group, since a lot of 1 year olds don’t talk so well or otherwise express themselves yet. It’s also lost among the fact that he’s fairly opposite from what one expects in a child with autism… he makes eye contact, he says words, he laughs and giggles and interacts.

I was going to write more, but as usual lately, Tristan is awake when he should be sleeping. And screaming.