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26 A MIND APART<br />

challenging behaviors. And from this comes the distance between parent<br />

and child.<br />

As adults, it is our job to traverse that distance by entering the inner<br />

world of the child with an ASD. We cannot expect them to enter our<br />

world first, because that is the fundamental nature of the disability.<br />

Once we cross over, a transformation is possible—a transformation of<br />

the child, of the parents, and of all those who come in contact with<br />

somebody like Heather.<br />

I can never look at the bark on a tree or a bathing suit the same way<br />

as I did before I met Heather. She moves all who stop and take the time<br />

to say hello to her along the road to confronting, then challenging, then<br />

celebrating diversity.

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