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Understanding Autism

Brooke Loeffler
Chil 165
Prof. Hammond
July 26, 2007
Five years ago a friend of mine, Cyndy had a child who was at that time two years old. All of our children were within a year of each other and we would often spend time together. The children would all play together and run around except for her son, Andrew who would instead climb on his mother, not communicate nor socialize and would only watch a few select movies repeatedly all day. Andrew did not speak but instead made grunting noises to get his mother’s attention. In addition he did not make eye contact with anyone, including his mother. In fact, the only way that his mother could get his attention was to speak very loudly toward him. Many of us were concerned that Andrew was not following the typical developmental stages that our own children were. We would gently discuss our concerns with her but at that time she was not ready to see that there may be a problem. When Andrew turned......

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