 Children with autism struggle to communicate and relate to others. Symptoms are variable and depend on where the child sits on the autism spectrum. How can parents spot these signs? What can parents do to address the specific challenges of raising autistic children, so that they grow up to fulfill their potentials in society? Discussing autism today is Dr Rajini Sarvanathan, developmental paediatrician, and Puan Intan Miranti who is mother to a teenage boy with autism.

 

&nbsp;Children with autism struggle to communicate and relate to others. Symptoms are variable and depend on where the child sits on the autism spectrum. How can parents spot these signs? What can parents do to address the specific challenges of raising autistic children, so that they grow up to fulfill their potentials in society? Discussing autism today is Dr Rajini Sarvanathan, developmental paediatrician, and Puan Intan Miranti who is mother to a teenage boy with autism. &nbsp;

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