Okay, I know in the past I have joked about writing being cheaper than talking to a professional but I’ve learned the benefits to talking out loud about things.
 
On the recommendation of our social worker, before I started homeschooling T, I went to a registered psychologist. Initially I went just to make sure that I was mentally prepared for the level of commitment and work involved in homeschooling and mothering a child a with autism. I found a professional who was experienced in the

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In Toronto, after initially seeing the private psychologist and the speech therapist, we waited for another six months. The purpose of this was to give T time to develop and then reassess him. But even though it felt like we were in limbo it was a very busy time.

Appointments were made with a doctor, developmental pediatrician, audiologist, and pediatric gastroenterologist. (The stomach and bowel issues will require a whole post to itself.) We also had a home visit from an intake person from the

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