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<p>First he is too young to know if he's gay or straight - he's only seven.</p>
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<p>Some here know that our grandson, Zach, is autistic. We've always known that he was a pretty bright kid in spite of this challenge. This year he will be starting school and we are very excited. My DW just retired and will volunteer to work in the school and the school will allow his therapists to attend class. Here's why were are really pumped.</p>
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<p>We learned that Zach can read. Nobody knows how he learned, nobody. When he started reading we all looked at each other in wonder. The only thing that we could come up with was that he likes to watch a lot of movies with closed caption on. He watches these movies over and over - just like any little kid does. He has memorized the dialog, he just connected the dots between what is spoken and what was written.</p>
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<p>Then he wanted to have the training wheels removed from his bicycle. He jumped on and had no issues. When he was finished he put his bike away and looked at his Dad and said, "Mission Accomplished." He then went inside the house for milk and cookies.</p>
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<p>This is going to be his year.</p>
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<p>Happy Trails,</p>
<p>Rob</p>
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<p>Some here know that our grandson, Zach, is autistic. We've always known that he was a pretty bright kid in spite of this challenge. This year he will be starting school and we are very excited. My DW just retired and will volunteer to work in the school and the school will allow his therapists to attend class. Here's why were are really pumped.</p>
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<p>We learned that Zach can read. Nobody knows how he learned, nobody. When he started reading we all looked at each other in wonder. The only thing that we could come up with was that he likes to watch a lot of movies with closed caption on. He watches these movies over and over - just like any little kid does. He has memorized the dialog, he just connected the dots between what is spoken and what was written.</p>
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<p>Then he wanted to have the training wheels removed from his bicycle. He jumped on and had no issues. When he was finished he put his bike away and looked at his Dad and said, "Mission Accomplished." He then went inside the house for milk and cookies.</p>
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<p>This is going to be his year.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Happy Trails,</p>
<p>Rob</p>