Melissa Dickison has had to be a de-facto lawyer for much of her 29-year-old son’s life. Jacob was diagnosed with a genetic disorder when he was a 1-year-old, first having seizures and then showing developmental delays. He now has advanced autism, and mental delay, his mother said. When he was 6, he gained access to Applied Behavior Analysis therapy. He started dressing himself, became potty trained, stopped running away, and was less aggressive. Dickison said it was a “life-changing treatment.”