She calls him Casanova. His real name is R.J., short for Robert John, and once each week his mom, Wendy Schmoll, takes him horseback riding and then to the Wal-Mart in Rhinelander where he is known to give strangers hugs.
The weekly outing has become a tradition and it is part of R.J.'s therapy.
R.J. was diagnosed with Williams syndrome, mild retardation, attention deficit disorder and autism when he was just seven months old.
Autism is a developmental disability that can make simple things like sound or touch painful and communicating the pain a confusing challenge.
But autism itself is not simple.
