Autism Awareness is a term that makes me smile. Every time I hear that said it makes me think about my wife's coffee cup. Some years ago we were in a Bed, Bath, and Beyond store and saw a large Tervis tumbler that was on sale. It had a multi-colored puzzle piece and said "Autism Aware" instead of what it was probably supposed to say, which we believe was "Autism Awareness". We laugh whenever she uses it and find ourselves saying "boy are we aware of autism". We, like many families in our community, have a child that has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD). These families are much like your own but are tasked with living in the Kingdom of Autism along with the everyday world that everyone else lives in. Let me tell you a few things about the Kingdom of Autism. It is simultaneously one of the most amazing and magical places you can imagine while also occasionally being a place of great hardship. There are things that happen in this kingdo
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