In the year 2000, my wife and I began our autism journey—our Camino Real. That was the year our son, Christian, was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum. Back then, I would have said he was “diagnosed with autism,” as though autism were a disease or affliction. Today, I would never describe autism as something one “has.” Autism is not external to our son—it is part of who he is. It is at ... Read the Post