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Why the COVID-19 Life Changes Are Hard for My Brother With Autism

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A lot of families are experiencing so many feelings and emotions during the coronavirus pandemic. Stress, anxiety, panic, fear, worry, boredom, uncertainty and more.

For our household, we’ve seen what this uncertainty and struggle can do to a young boy with autism. Every day we hear the same few things from Dian. “Go to the shop.” “Wanna go to Finn’s house” (his cousin) and “wanna go to McDonald’s.” Explaining to him that everything is closed and we’re all on lockdown because of coronavirus isn’t so simple and straightforward.

You can see the frustration fill his body and how upset he gets. He feels we don’t understand what he wants, but we do. We just can’t give it to him.

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