My son Isaac, when he was two, was diagnosed with autism, and he was this happy, hilarious, loving, affectionate little guy, but the metrics on his developmental evaluations, which looked at things like the number of words — at that point, none — communicative gestures and minimal eye contact, put his developmental level at that of a nine-month-old baby.
我的儿子艾萨克，在他两岁的时候， 被诊断出患有自闭症， 在我们眼里，他是个幸福、欢快、 充满爱意、惹人喜欢的小孩， 但该发展水平评估 关注的指标是诸如言多言寡—— 当时，是零—— 互动性姿势和最少目光接触， 根据这套评估标准的结果， 他的发展水平相当于9月大的婴儿。