Autism alters lives, but parents feel “blessed”, reports an article about a family in McAllen, Texas. Patrick and Sylvia Hamilton’s son Michael is 23. While they worry—as many, and perhaps all, of us do—about resources and opportunities as children get older, the Hamiltons have no regrets.
“Special children are born into special families,” Sylvia said. “We’re highly blessed.”
And special families, like the Hamiltons, do a lot to help their children with disabilities long into their adult years.
The constant need for care changes the course of all of their lives.
The scope of that impact varies with the severity of the disability. Many …read more