Like most people with autism, 19-year-old Viraj Dhanda of Brookline, Massachusetts, came into this world disguised as a typical baby. Until he was about 18 months old. “There were a lot of milestones he was missing,” his father, Sumit Dhanda, told CBS News. “…You know, first the gap is just a little. Then it’s bigger. Then it’s like a chasm. And now you’re starting to hear from the doctors, ‘Well, he’s going to need care for the rest of his life. He’s never going to be able to communicate.'”
