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Autism and a High School Senior

My child with autism is officially a high school senior. Even though it’s the summer, it has begun. How do I know? Senior portraits. We live in California and when our state partly “opened” during the pandemic, the photography studio my son’s high school uses began to schedule senior portraits. I took that as a…

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An Adult with Autism

An Adult with Autism I’m reporting on new territory for our child, and for us. Our son turned eighteen this week. He’s officially an adult. Are we freaked out? Yeah, a little. Boy, it feels like that went by fast. Are we excited? Of course. We feel we raised a thoughtful, kind, intelligent young man.…

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Autism and Back to School

Autism and Back to School My child with autism is a senior in high school!! In the past, this meant fun senior activities, graduation photographs, a prom, and the usual graduation ceremony. All of those things for the seniors of 2020 didn’t happen due to the coronavirus. What’s happening for my child? The first half…