Your child picks up a few skills in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) sessions, like stacking blocks or waiting a moment longer for a turn. These moments spark joy, but weeks later progress flattens—repetitions yield the same limited results.

You have probably been told that children go through phases. That anxiety is common. That it might be stress, or a developmental stage, or something happening socially.

You sat in the office and described what you were seeing. The sudden OCD. The rage that came from nowhere. The child who could not eat, could not sleep, could not let you out of their sight. You described it as clearly and completely as you could.

Every day as a parent, you notice how your child with autism seems to run on a different energy rhythm—perhaps fading fast by afternoon despite breakfast, reacting strongly to certain smells at mealtime, or having moods that swing in ways hard to predict.

Genomic testing can reveal useful clues without defining your child. Learn how to interpret variants in context, avoid genetic determinism, and decide what information is worth acting on.