My son was diagnosed with autism when he was 5 he is level 1. We never really noticed anything. He was very behind socially. He is now almost 11 and he is regressing. All of a sudden loud noises bother him, large groups, he is stimming like flapping and jumping, he echos and masks, intense meltdowns. I all of a sudden have this intense sadness like I am mourning his diagnosis. I want to make this clear. He is perfect in my eyes and is exactly how he is suppose to be. However sense having this realization that we now have to put him in so many services he never needed before I feel like intense wave of sadness. I have no idea why I feel like this. Has anyone else felt like this or can explain what they went through.