1.0Healthy Minds Philly®https://healthymindsphilly.org/devJanine Monicohttps://healthymindsphilly.org/dev/blog/author/janine_hmp_monico/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TwL75pOKa7"><a href="https://healthymindsphilly.org/dev/blog/the-world-of-autism-diagnosis-reveal/">The World of Autism: Diagnosis Reveal</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://healthymindsphilly.org/dev/blog/the-world-of-autism-diagnosis-reveal/embed/#?secret=TwL75pOKa7" width="600" height="338" title="“The World of Autism: Diagnosis Reveal” — Healthy Minds Philly®" data-secret="TwL75pOKa7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://healthymindsphilly.org/dev/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://healthymindsphilly.org/dev/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Autism-Diagnosis-Mothers-Story.png800450I remember it like it was an old sore and someone snatches off the scab! Thoughts of that day still pain me like it just happened. My gut was screaming. Something was not right despite my pediatrician saying everything will be ok – boys are slower than girls and he’ll talk when he’s ready. I thought: Who am I to question what I was being told? I mean; he is the doctor.  I couldn’t sleep the night before the diagnosis reveal. My brain was in overdrive. I felt relieved because [...]