In 2014, Nicole Johnson* and her husband Levent became the parents of two babies within the span of four months. They had spent five years trying to build a...
In 2014, Nicole Johnson* and her husband Levent became the parents of two babies within the span of four months. They had spent five years trying to build a family, first the traditional way, then through fertility treatments. A few weeks after they finished the 15-month-long public adoption training and vetting process, they got the call: A nine-month-old baby needed a home.
Nicole knew her son had prenatal alcohol exposure. He was a busy toddler, and as he got older, some of his behaviours became less typical for kids his age. So she reached out to Family Services for assistance. “It was intensely complicated—thousands of hoops to jump through.” And, from talking to other families who’ve been through it, almost nothing ends up being covered, so they rarely even bother anymore. “We’ve given up on asking for help.
Her pediatrician first suspected she had autism when she was three years old. However, according to Nicole, the specialists who evaluated her daughter weren't convinced because the toddler could make and maintain eye contact, something some people with autism avoid. “So many people are stuck in the typical male presentation of autism, and think no one who has it can make meaningful eye contact,” says Nicole.
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