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Love pushes us to the front of the crowd, reflecting on a dual diagnosis

April 1, 2015 by Gillian Marchenko

Love pushes us to the front of the crowd, reflecting on a dual diagnosis I belong to a private Facebook group for parents who have kids with a dual diagnosis of Down syndrome and autism. I think of myself new to the autism world but in actuality, my fourth daughter Evangeline has held the diagnosis for, oh my goodness what has it been? Two years? Although I mostly lurk, the dual diagnosis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Autism, Down Syndrome, Gillian Marchenko Tagged With: autism, Down syndrome, dual diagnosis, Gillian Marchenko, grace, low functioning, special needs, special needs parenting

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