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How parents can help autistic children make sense of their world

  • Written by Allyssa McCabe, Professor of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imagePeople with autism sometimes struggle to tell stories, but there are ways parents can help.Pressmaster / Shutterstock.com

Glenn, a high-functioning seventeen-year-old with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), comes home from school and tells his mother at dinner, “Allen was mean today.” His mother debates what to do. Should she ask for more...

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