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Hi, all! I live with my husband of 23 years and our 4 children and numerous pets. Our oldest has high-functioning autism. The rest of the kids are, apparently, normal. I think that siblings can really help a kid with autism, but no doubt there are some costs to the NT siblings of children with autism. That said, Daniel is very kind and helpful to his siblings and the opportunity to be socially competent at home is good for him. I just hope to help him be socially competent in the wider world, too.
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He's still autistic, but he's learning to calm himself, even when Eric and I aren't there. One day last week, he became upset while we were at the ha on - 08/18/10More.. Yesterday, we took Daniel to Camp Barnabas, in Missouri. This is his second year to go. After not being at all sure that he was up for the adventure on - 07/08/10
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by Motherof4 on 08.11.10 - public
I was running errands all day, sometimes with all the children, sometimes not. For one errand, I had Catherine and Michael with me. Sarah and Daniel...
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by Motherof4 on 03.21.10 - public
My husband brought me a chair to sit on and I thanked him. Daniel, hearing this, said, "Good job thanking my dad, Mom!"...
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Thank you for the welcome! It is nice to have finally found a place where people understand the day to day of living with Autism!
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Just wanted to stop by and tell you....I think You're AWESOME Girly! Have a wonderful 4th.
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