Supporting Grandparents of Children with ASD – The Story of a Grandmother’s Adult Daughter and Her 12-Year-Old Autistic Grandchild

• By: Bonnie Graham, LMSW WJCS Autism Center
• July 1st, 2010
• caregivers, family, grandparents, grief, summer 2010 issue, support groups
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Early on, doctors had given them little hope, announcing that her granddaughter would never talk, play with others, or make eye contact. She proudly tells the member of the Grandparents Support Group of children on the autistic spectrum that, although her granddaughter struggles, she is now in a...