Autism Diagnosis

Five years ago plus, my son was diagnosed with autism.  I, like many, got the shock of my life.  What happened after is material for another blog but the point here is that as one door closes another one opens.  While I thought that life as I imaged was over, I found the career of my lifetime that is so satisfying and rewarding on so many levels.  I am now grateful for all the gifts that autism has brought not only into my life, but my entire family’s life as well.

It was a colleague of mine at the school where I was working who first introduced me to Relationship Development Intervention (RDI®).  She had known that I was looking for a career change and told me that the Connection’s Center in Houston “was doing some really cool things,” for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders.  I was so intrigued by what she was telling me that I can remember going back to my office immediately and Googling RDI.  The more I read, the more I was hooked.  I contacted them straight away and asked them how I could become a Certified Program Consultant.  That is one decision in my life that I can honestly say I have never regretted.