Raising Children with Autism

An Inconvenient Youth: Raising Children with Autism

By Cintra Wilson
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the September 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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In Philadelphia, a group of gutsy, sharp-witted, wisecracking mothers (and one honorary dad) are raising kids with autism. From diagnosis (saying the A word) to leaving no treatment untried (avocado, really?) to loving and admiring what can't be "fixed,"

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