Hardaway also wants people to understand that if autism is diagnosed early enough, that it’s possible that with proper therapy and intervention, your child will no longer meet the criteria for autism.

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“My son would line up all the water bottles in a snake form all the time,” he said. “So when you start noticing these little patterns and things that back in the day you would’ve ignored, you need to take your children to the doctor and find out. If you wait longer maybe it’s harder, but if you see your child doing different things out of the norm then you need to take heed to that.”

He continued, “To the parents that are going through this with their children, that are still fighting the battle to try to get their kids back to normalcy, just know that God is real and miracles do happen. There are kids that do test out of the spectrum. You just have to keep fighting. They have my blessings and my prayers.”

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To learn more about autism awareness or how you can support the cause, check out Autism Speaks.