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Jim McDermott

Different? Not At All

December 31, 2020 By Jim McDermott

Who’s different now? Watching an autistic grandson grow up, there was no question that in his preteen years, especially until the age of around ten, he was definitely different. He was different in that he did not look you in the eye or look at you at all when you talked to him, although he definitely was listening and understood what you were saying. His reactions to you were simply …

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