What is Typical?

Someone told me something the other day and it really struck me!  She said what and who really is typical?  If you really think about it, everyone has their "quirks"..Everyone has those little things that sets them apart from the rest of the world.  Some people just have more pronounced "quirks".  My son is one of those people.  So what do you do when your perfect world isnt so perfect? You can decide to wallow in it, accept it, and just go about your day to day, or you can do as i am doing , and fight it with every being in your body.  
 Jordan(bear) was born on a beautiful and sunny day in august.  Though the day was complete chaos, he couldnt have been more perfect.  He was so beautiful!  The calmest baby i have probably ever seen!  I was on cloud nine.  He developed typically for the whole first year of his life...except one thing.  He didnt talk....the only two words he said were ba and ga.  We didnt really think much of it, it was our first child.  Honestly, we were just so thrilled that we kept him alive for an entire year, that we just thought it was normal!  Ha Ha!!  The pediatrician had other plans.  She signed him up for a speech evaluation.  At the time, we were so scared!  We had no idea what that meant for his future. Looking back now, we know that it was one of the biggest blessings that we could ever receive.  
  From the time he was a year old, everyone who came into contact with jordan told us that something wasnt right.  He wasnt doing the things that he was "supposed" to.  I would love to know who came up with the paper that says they HAVE to do things by a certain age....did they have PERFECT kids?   Anyway, We were told NUMEROUS times that he was autistic.  One woman even went so far as to say that he would never be able to speak to us, that he would have to use a computer to communicate with us.  Boy was she wrong.  
  Our speech therapist is truly sent from heaven!  She has brought him SOOOO far.  He now speaks in full sentences and sometimes talks a little too much!  lol  Last January, she was getting ready to release him from his therapies, and then we started to notice that something wasnt right.....To Be Continued......