Girls, Boys, and Autism

Newsweek ^ | 8 September 2003 | Geoffrey Cowley

[Lorianne]

Girls, Boys and Autism By Geoffrey Cowley, Newsweek

Andrew Bacalao has a good, sharp mind. At 13, he's a decent pianist, a devotee of Frank Lloyd Wright, a master at videogames and jigsaw puzzles. He remembers phone numbers like a Pocket PC, and he can dismantle a radio or a flashlight in the time it takes some people to find the power switch.

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[Dianna]

My grandson has a lot of the same issues as yours but elevators were the absolute worse.

Oh dear! If we couldn't use elevators, the kid would barely be able to go anywhere! My son is conquering these things one stairway at a time. I'm very proud of him! Unfortunately, getting comfortable on one particular set of stairs doesn't "expand" to all stairs. Each fight is new.