When Ridley was one, his mother Amber noticed that his newly developing vocabulary was somewhat limited. At three and a half, Ridley received a medical diagnosis of autism and speech sound disorder.
After Diego's autism diagnosis, his parents Jorge and Lulu sought services from St. David's Center upon the recommendation of a friend. Surrounded by a team of support, Diego's progress has been transformational. “For us,” affirms Jorge, “St. David’s Center has been a life changer.”
A highly social child, Poseidon was caught between the push and pull of wanting to be amongst his peers but being unable to connect with them.
For the terrified little girl who once had no words to express how she felt, Halle now has plenty of words to describe the future she sees for herself.
The road that brought Tiago and his family to St. David's Center.
At such a young age, the trauma of witnessing abuse caused her brain to go into a permanent state of survival mode.
Virginie wanted her son to be as successful and live independently someday, but she didn’t know what to do or where to go.
