24 October, 2012 3:08PM AEDT  When your baby has Autism  Autism
is what's called a developmental condition that starts to show
before a child is three years old. Many parents start to notice
small differences in their child from around six months but the
formal diagnosis can still be a blow. Suddenly you are thrust
into a world that requires super human patience, resilience and
ability to tackle complex medical and educational systems.
Unexpectedly you can find yourself the parent of an autistic
child wondering what on earth comes next. If you want to know
what it's like, meet the guest mother in this week's podcast.
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• Share  The guest this week is not a medical or educational
expert but a real life mother. Her baby boy was born not long
after mine and at six months she began to worry about small
differences between her child and the other babies she could see
developing along more predictable pathways. It was not long
afterwards that her ch