Denise Rocker
Noah Rocker, 11, of Cook, has had great success with an in-person autism group that has helped him with social skills.
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When Denise Rocker’s 11-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, she was faced with a new challenge — how to find help for him while everything was shut down.
The Cook Township woman, and Noah, didn’t think working on social interaction skills would be best done virtually, but rather in person. But it was a time last summer when much was unknown about the virus and little was happening outside of a computer screen.