By Michael Melville

Having a son with Autism is hard but more than anything it’s scary; it’s scary because of the unknowns not because of the diagnosis. My wife and I will take our son places so he can interreact and be social with other kids most of whom are typical in terms of child development. Sometimes it’s the mall or a kids museum and sometimes it’s just with our friend’s kids or a park. It’s only then that we realize just how different Jax is. We are tremendously proud of the steps he has taken in the last several months with his weekly speech and occupational therapy sessions as well as personal strides that we have seen him take and make all…