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Spiderman saves 8 year old autistic boy

(For those not in the know, since I have several new people on my flist, my son, Demetri, is also 8 years old, autistic, and he does love Spiderman.)

I'm almost crying with this story.Autism has robbed my son of one of the things I hold most dear: self-expression. I want my Demetri to have it back. While I understand that testing in mice is far from testing a cure in humans, this gives me hope. It gives me hope that someday I can have a prolonged conversation with my son. It gives me hope ( Read more... )