I recently met my boyfriend's sister and her three year old daughter "Kayla" for the first time. I am a teacher who has experience with autistic children, and Kayla showed every single classic symptom of a child with rather severe autism. The family seems to know that something is "off" with her, but finds ways to justify her behaviors. I made a small check list of Kayla's behaviors and carefully brought up my observations to my boyfriend, who seemed really surprised but after looking through my books on autism agreed with me. However, he absolutely does not want to bring anything up to his sister. I certainly don't feel comfortable saying anything, but she really needs to get Kayla evaluated so she can start getting her help. Any ideas on what to do?
2006-10-28
18:16:31
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Surferchic50
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