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[quote=Anonymous]How do you explain your child's differences to other children? My 4 year old is quite aware at this point that his brother (age 7, autistic, verbal but can be hard to understand) is different and he gets frustrated trying to play with him. My 7 year old desperately wants friends but the communication and social difficulties make it impossible at this point and he has no friends at school and the neighborhood kids run away when they see him. Occasionally I've been in a position when a neighborhood kid or classmate has asked me "why can't he talk" or "why does he say that over and over", etc., and of course our younger child has questions as well. Aside from murmuring platitudes about how everyone is different and special just the way they are, I'm feeling like I need to come up with a few stock answers that are appropriate for situations like this. Any ideas?[/quote]
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