Families who live with autism rebuild frayed ties as pandemic eases
COVID-19 disrupted the patterns of life and family visits that are critical for the well-being of Mainers with autism.
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At the Portland Museum of Art this month, Celeste Henriquez shows her daughter, Abigail Henriquez Peck, the paintings she made that were inspired by her. Abigail recently moved back to Maine but she lived in New Hampshire during most of the pandemic, and her mother could only visit infrequently and for an hour at a time.
Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
Celeste June Henriquez, a Portland artist, guided her 18-year-old daughter, Abigail Henriquez Peck, through the Portland Museum of Art last week until they reached the place where her two oil paintings, “Big House” and “Snow Coming,” hung from the walls.