TWO months after her son celebrated his first birthday, Peta-Gaye Forbes Robinson said her motherhood journey took an unexpected turn. Her toddler started to regress in his development and was later diagnosed as a non-verbal autistic child with no chance of ever speaking.

However, that was a diagnosis she refused to accept.

After nine years her son, Shadrach Robinson, is now verbal and can operate independently, a journey she said was long and stressful, but proof that God can do what others deem impossible.