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Article: 12 ways to make a difference for your grandchild with autism.(Family & Community)
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- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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You are a grandparent! Nothing can compare with the boundless love that a grandparent feels for their grandchild. No longer limited by the need to juggle work, home, school, and raising children into mature, self-reliant adulthood, the gift of grandchildren is one of life's greatest blessings. But life doesn't always deliver its blessings in the package we expect. The diagnosis of autism is for many a jolt into a new world; one that many have not even heard of and do not have knowledge of. Autism is a challenging, and sometimes mysterious, neurological disorder that occurs in 1 in 150 children. It shows itself most prominently in impairments in language, communication, ...