Bravo star Brittany Cartwright reveals son Cruz's autism diagnosis: 'I'm his warrior now'

Brittany Cartwright is opening up publicly for the first time about her son’s autism diagnosis.

Brittany Cartwright is opening up publicly for the first time about her son’s autism diagnosis.

The Bravo star, 36, shared in a People interview that her son, Cruz, who turns 4 on April 12, was diagnosed with autism in the fall. 

She said Cruz, whom she shares with ex Jax Taylor, became mostly nonverbal around his 2nd birthday. Cartwright received her son’s autism diagnosis six months ago from his developmental pediatrician.

“He crawled early, he walked early,” Cartwright said. “He was talking, he was saying, ‘Mommy,’ ‘Daddy.’ He was saying, ‘Hot Dog!’ from ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.’ Then, as he got closer to 2, we started noticing that he was regressing in his speech. He stopped talking almost completely.”

Cartwright said just because Cruz is mostly nonverbal, it does not mean he won’t necessarily always be nonspeaking.