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Gaston Family Deals With Autism Times 3
By Richard | June 2, 2007
Autism Forces an Uneasy Equilibrium
Family Deals With Triplets’ Disorder
Susan DeFord | Washington Post
Randy and Lynn Gaston received the distressing diagnosis not once but three times.
Their sons, Zachary, Hunter and Nicholas, are triplets, and as the brown-haired boys grew into toddlers, Lynn noticed how oddly they played, how little they babbled, how they cried inconsolably at doctor’s offices and family gatherings.
Two years ago, when the boys were 4, specialists confirmed the Gastons’ suspicions: The boys have varying degrees of autism, a neurological disorder that hampers communication and social interactions and can include obsessive-compulsive behavior. MORE
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