There were incidents when he was little. As with most parents with autistic kids, I dreaded anything medical. He screamed a lot, wouldn’t sit still, never did what the doctors requested. There were two moments that sent me over the edge. His first blood draw and his first trip to the dentist, both around the age of four. In each instance, it took multiple people holding him down. He was terrified and fighting to be released. I’ll never forget the way he looked at me, as if I had just breached th