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Gross, Carol M. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2011
When the author adopted her son, she was an early childhood educator with a Master's Degree who had taught young children for eight years and directed a child care and infant-toddler center for seven. She thought she knew something about children. Actually, she had a great deal to learn. It took years for her to learn about his needs. He slowly…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Child Rearing, Young Children, Student Needs
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Biernat, Kathy A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2000
In this article, the mother of a son with autism shares her struggle to get a diagnosis, choose the right treatment, and face an unknown future for her son Luke, now age 5. Her worries about discrimination, neighborhood acceptance, and the effects of Luke's autism on his siblings are discussed. (CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Coping, Family Life
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Hall, Tonette – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2000
In this article, a mother shares her experience of learning that her son has autism. Coping with the diagnosis, along with the stresses of family life, are discussed, including the effect of the diagnosis on her marriage, which ended in divorce. The need to persist is emphasized. (CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Coping, Divorce
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Roth, Patricia H. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A mother writes of her early years with her son as a single parent and the difficult years with twin younger siblings when she was trying to find a diagnosis and help for her son. Her son is 9 years old now, and she reflects on her experiences. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Coping, Infants