In some respects, Shannon Des Roches Rosa considers herself fortunate to have received the diagnosis of autism for her son. The symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can change significantly across individuals and between groups of people; for instance, the symptoms of ASD are frequently different in girls and boys. Her kid, Leo, however, was a little white boy who belonged to a group with very well-established diagnostic criteria.
Additionally, other people have already observed several of these qualities. Leo hardly ever looked at anyone when he was a toddler. He didn’t react to speech like the other children at nursery school. His obsessive behaviors, such as biting his clothes and waving his hands, were common. He was prone to tension and overwhelm. Consequently, his 2003 diagnosis at age two,
