Before her son was 15 months old, Serwah Quaynor suspected that something was wrong. After going from doctor to doctor in the United States searching for answers, Quaynor's son was labeled "mildly autistic" at the age of 8. It took four more years and a two-week home-visit with a psychologist before he was finally diagnosed with full-fledged autism. "For him to get the proper treatment, he had to have a proper diagnosis," Quaynor said. But the diagnosis was just the beginning. As puberty and hormones hit, her son became aggressive. He required more attention and care than Quaynor could offer him alone, especially considering her own health problems. Despite her reservations about the lack of resources available to autistic children and their families in Ghana, Quaynor decided to join her husband who had moved to Accra a few years earlier to start a business. "Ghana was the only place I could get the support I needed," Quaynor said. Click on the newslink to read the entire article.
Autistic children and their families find respite
