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A parent's nightmare: We struggled to accept our son's red flags for autism

It took me three years to say it out loud. Each time I tried; the words would melt like ice under the sun. Saying them would make it real and I wanted anything but this to be real.

My mom tells me that, until I was four years old, I was an awkward child with an upturned gaze. I dwelled in a veil of silence and for the love of God, I couldn't sit still either. I was obsessed with sweeping the house for hours on end because it calmed me down.

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