How do I tell my child he is autistic before someone else does?
For World Autism Awareness Day, I want my son to understand what being autistic means – and why he should see it as a positive
2 April 2021 • 5:00am
Anna White, photographed in 2018 with, from left to right, Benny, Agatha and Alex
Credit: Heathcliff O'Malley
This week in school, my eight-year-old daughter Agatha fielded questions from the class on what it is like to have an autistic twin brother.
They asked why Benjamin bursts into her classroom for a hug, why he has his own one-to-one teacher and whether he will “grow out of it?”