"The increase was especially sharp among kindergartners, where autism cases grew by 17% last year."

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97. We went everywhere!

Over the course of four years they went through testing at Milwaukee Children's, Rogers' Memorial Hospital, they went to a two day testing with someone famous in this area in Minneapolis and a few more that I can no longer remember. He did not do well in school after K4. He did ok that year because his teacher was amazing (her son was very much like him). After k4 things began to unravel. We tried private school and Montessori, as well as different public schools with quieter atmospheres. He's been homeschooled for the past 1/2 year after he had been hurt by angry teachers twice, one time involving stitches! It's been awful.
Medically, no one could properly diagnose him. He's extremely bright (not genius), he was reading before he was 3, and seemed to have ADHD or OCD. He could, and did, memorize massive amounts of information. At age four he could tell you what make and model car you drove and often what year just by looking at your car keys. He has a car key collection of several hundred keys (a 1000 maybe) that he memorized in a very short time. People were so impressed with this they would send him keys, including local dealers! Lately it's been everything about computers and phone systems, just amazing info for someone who just turned 8 a few weeks ago. Last year someone talked to him that worked at google in Madison, Wi. They were so impressed they treated him to a private tour and lunch with the staff.
He did have sensory issues with loud noises and too much stimulation, and he obsesses about things. In order to get him help, and insurance money, they labeled him autistic which caused other problems (like not being admitted into a private school that did not want the hassle). Most of the docs just wanted to drug him enough to have him be able to attend school without bothering other people. He's taken all kinds of dangerous drugs. It's been a nightmare.
Today, he still has some symptoms but he is worlds better than he was a year ago. Working with his pediatrician, we took him off all meds except hemp oil which works amazingly well. My daughter is working with a nutritionist to regulate his gut bacteria among other things. We have blood work done routinely. His pediatrician is involved as well and is extremely happy about his results. They also moved to a better school district this summer that has more resources for him to utilize. Hopefully he can go back to school this Fall.