Figuring out exactly what to major in, whether to stay on or off campus, and how to spend summer vacation are all routine thoughts of every college student. There’s nothing extraordinary about it at all, but throw in a diagnosis of autism? Now you have a story.
Lone Star College-Atascocita student Shaelyn “Shay” Castle was initially diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in elementary school, but her mother, Diane Castle, a teacher at Whispering Pines Elementary, knew that there was something more. In middle school, Castle took Shay to a private psychiatrist who diagnosed her with autism. The diagnosis was not only enlightening, but also freeing to a degree.