My mother worked at an integrated preschool that had children with many different disabilities and also children without disabilities. Many of these children were diagnosed with autism, and some were not officially diagnosed but had many symptoms that could lead to a diagnosis of autism. I went from time to time and helped my mother and other teachers when I was in high school. At that time there was no diagnosis of ASD that I was aware of, it was simply known as autism. As I grew up I was increasingly aware that there was a wide range of autism based on each individual's functionality. Some were very efficient and able to do most things on their own, while others were heavily dependent on caregivers throughout the day. I think that's when I really became more fascinated with ASD because it wasn't a cookie-cutter diagnosis; there was no fixed regiment for diagnosing or treating individuals with ASD. This article is the most in-depth research I have done on ASD and I have learned so much more about this diagnosis, which could go along with all the research that has been done since the last time I did a project on ASD. But these projects weren't even that focused on treatments or that passionate about the ASD research part, they were more about what autism is and who can be diagnosed.