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Morinville News

Family seeking understanding of autism

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Sitting at the dining room table navigating an iPad with great efficiency, Dominique Rondeau looks like any other six-year-old boy. His fingers move across the touch screen as they open and close the electronic device’s various applications and games with ease. But Dominique is not like every other boy his age. He is autistic, a neurological disorder that affects approximately one in 200 Canadians… […]

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Autism not well understood

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Brooke Levesque looks like any other 12-year-old girl at Georges H. Primeau School, but her penchant for wearing bright pink construction headphones sets her apart from many girls her age. The headphones help Brooke block out unwanted noises when she goes swimming or shopping with her family, noises that can cause behaviours that make Brooke look less like other 12-year-old girls… […]