My daughter studies a picture of a boy sitting alone as a group of children play together beside him. The boy looks as if he might be crying. “How do you think the boy feels,” her teacher asks. “Sad,” Erin replies.
Since being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at the age of 2, Erin who is now 18, has consistently reviewed picture boards and social stories to recognize the range of human emotions and how certain words and actions affect others.
While autism is a complex neurological disorder, the therapies applied to connect Erin to the world around her are pretty straightforward.
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