"What did the doctor say? I was waiting for your call and didn't hear from you."
"Well, Mom, we were going to wait until you were back from vacation ..."
"Tell me now."
"The doctor said the boys are autistic."
Autistic. Rainman. Can't be ... Why them? Why us? What should we do?
Hours of searching on the Internet and a flight to catch in the AM to start ... a VACATION?
ABA .. behavioral diagnosis .. diet ... vaccines .. sleepless night.
Alarm. Get up. Get to airport. Catch plane. Labor Day weekend, 1998. Delayed landing. Moving in a fog between the disbelieve and exhaustion ... dinner ... bed .. woke up at 10:30 am EAST coast time (1:30 pm Pacific)
The beginning.
