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Living with Autism

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Posted February 16th, 2007 by Renee Miller

Maddie basically has no friends, when she was younger she had a set of twins that she would play with at day care. Now that the twins are older they are moving on to other kids with more interactive play. Maddie mirrors everything other kids are doing she doesn’t really recipicate or come up with things to do. She basically thinks I am her playmate as well as her mother. We have joined an adaptive dance class at a dance studio with about 15 other Autistic kids most of them are older than Maddie and are lower functioning than she is. But it’s a lot of fun for her she loves music. I have recently sent her to school with a cute business card for her to give to 4 of her friends in her special ed class. We haven’t heard from any of these kids as of yet. I guess up until now I thought she was going to be able to find friends on her own but its just another part that I will have to help her navigate.