I can still remember the words as if it were yesterday and not 10 years ago…

“Your son has Autism.”

The shock of finally getting the diagnosis we’d been seeking for a year. The diagnosis that we knew in our hearts was right yet didn’t have an ounce of understanding as to what it actually meant.

When the shock started to wear off, I had one question that kept playing over and over in my head.

We have a diagnosis, now what?

I searched all over the internet for resources, I read every article and book I could find. I looked up doctors, speech pathologists and any other professional that could help me understand what to do next. However I quickly realized that they weren’t enough. I was really searching for something more.