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Article: FOR ONE EASTSIDE FAMILY, DISEASE STRUCK TWICE EXAMPLE POINTS TO DISORDER'S STRONG GENETIC COMPONENT.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- November 15, 1999
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On the outside, the Brestler house looks like any number of gracious Eastside homes for a growing family with three children.
On the inside, it's a little different. But it's not obvious at first.
There are invisible alarms on all the doors here, to keep children from wandering away. And what looks like a well-appointed playroom is really a fully equipped behavioral therapy center.
The Brestlers have three boys. The two youngest have autism.
Max, 8, and Kevin, 6, look like typical children. Inside, they are a little different. And it isn't always obvious at first.
They, too, have ``invisible alarms'' locking away parts of ...