"As a baby around two to four months old, [she was] cooing and watching my mouth in attempts to repeat my words, as all babies do during that normal stage in development. She made all the normal baby noises and played, laughed, and looked at people right in the eyes... In 2001, at the age of two, Selena stopped responding to her name..."So begins the story of Diana Trevino-Wilson, a mother of four, whose youngest child, a daughter named Selena - after the famous Tejano singer - was diagnosed with autism.
A pediatrician monitored Selena's development, her hearing test was normal. At home, the toddler continued to play, read, sing, color, and engage in "all the normal things a parent does to teach their child", her mom explains. She recalled that the diagnosis came around the age of four-and-a-half to five, as Selena was placed "somewhere in the [autism] spectrum..."
