The boys were delivered at 36 weeks via planned c-section and were overall healthy babies. They qualified for early intervention services through the state as expected due to being a month early they were a little behind in certain areas. As they got older we became concerned with their speech as they were both delayed. One of the boys is overall more shy and the other has no fear of strangers. They both were struggling with transitions and coping with those big feelings. Between our concerns about their speech and those aforementioned areas we started the process of getting them set up for psychological evaluations to see if anything else was going on. They both received a diagnosis of ASD level 1 - considered mild autism. The diagnosing clinician recommended being re-evaluated every so often and the boys currently go to a center for ABA therapy. It has been about a month and a half since starting and we have seen tremendous improvement in that short time. Their therapist feels with the proper support early on they will flourish and things should be very manageable. They are both very smart, kind, and funny boys.