The Diagnosis. It's Just a Number

Guest Post by my friend Adrian Wood

(My friend Adrian wrote this years ago. Maybe even before she was a permanent person in my life. I read it every year when it shows up in my memories. It touches me that much.)

Autism.

A 9, the kind doctor said.

It's just a number, I told myself.

He loves numbers.

Numbers don't love him.

If 9 is just a number, so why does it feel so heavy?

On a scale of 1 to 1…