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My autism makes me who I am today

Andy Kirtland


My parents knew something was wrong from the age of two weeks onwards. I screamed for no apparent reason throughout the day and night for many months. My early life was complicated by the onset of severe eczema and a number of allergies including intolerance to dairy products. At the age of two-and-a-half I hit my head at the corner of a table raising a lump in the middle of my forehead. I recovered well but a week later my parents found me unconscious in bed and I was admitted to hospital. I had a fit s ..

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Golden Valley, MN - United States
Jan-09-2014 - 07:00 pm
Learn how to play? One of the biggest struggles parents on the spectrum face is how to play with their child. But we all know that play is how a child learns. It’s als ..
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