When Matthew Hirning was diagnosed with autism, specialists told Terri Hirning that her 4-year-old son had a genetic condition, there was nothing she could do about it, and that he’d need to live in a group home as an adult because he’d never be independent.
“I remember thinking, ‘I don’t know how, but that’s not going to be his story. That’s not an answer for what’s going on here,’” Ms. Hirning told The Epoch Times.
She’d already noticed when he ate certain foods he’d have trouble sleeping, intense sensory meltdowns, and virtually no eye contact. He also suffered from limited vocabulary and chronic constipation—at times he wouldn’t even respond to his name....
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