Ten-year-old Paul Driscoll (left) is one of many children in military families diagnosed with Autism, a developmental brain disorder. Mother Karen has been active trying to organize help for military families dealing with similar problems. Her younger son Luke, daughter Michaela, and husband Jerry sit in their Northern VA home for a family portrait.
Kids are taught a range of practical skills and appropriate behavior. "It takes a much higher degree of intensity for them to learn skills" than for other kids, she said.
Preliminary results show this training has helped kids with autism find and keep jobs, she said.
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