Our eldest daughter and I went swimming with another mum and her son who is autistic. We met at Special O and I enjoyed her company immensely; her son is also a very nice person. Autism is quite similar to Nonverbal Learning Disorder in many ways but also dissimilar in so many other ways. I do not know a lot about autism but I have certainly met many kids on the spectrum and of course I know our daughter. What seemed most important to me when the four of us went swimming was that we were doing something we liked to do and we were doing it together. Our daughter talks a great deal about many things; her friend gave mostly one word answers except when talking about dinosaurs or art. My friend is a nurse, a working mother, from a country I know little about. But when four people get together, to get to know one another and to do something they enjoy, anything can happen. Even friendship.
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