I was non verbal until I was 4. Then I had a lot of behavior issues in school that were just swept under the rug by the teachers. Basically I should have been in therapy since I was in kindergarten. I have been told that the school district failed me. I don’t get why my parents didn’t see something was up as well. I had a lot of nervous tics and habits and school was just so hard. This has been a real sore spot for me lately. I always wonder what would have happened if I had gotten help at age 5 instead of 12. What my future would have looked like. And this was the early 2000’s not the 1960’s. Diagnosis and therapy were around.