So Near and Yet So Far: Living with Autism,

Carmen B. Pingree (Ensign, April 1983 p. 57)

About the article

Sister Pingree writes about her experience in discovering that her son has autism and offers some tips and lessons learned from the experience.

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In retrospect, we should have sought medical assistance much earlier; but it is difficult to see problems clearly when they develop slowly in a beautiful, seemingly “normal” little baby. He seemed like such a “happy” baby, never crying to be picked up.