Dr. Solomon has been diagnosing and treating children with autism spectrum disorders for more than 25 years. His experience has taught him that every families’ journey to an autism diagnosis is different, as are their reactions to hearing the diagnosis for the first time. In the story Confronting ‘That Autism Thing,’ featured on NPR in 2008, one mother discusses the journey that brought her family to Dr. Solomon for the first time, and shares her reaction to the diagnosis her son was given during their initial visit.
Listen to the story here.