Pandemic poses unique challenges for children with autism
By Corey Beckman
Kelly Ring reports.
TAMPA, Fla. - Kaitlyn Diehl was disappointed when she found out she’d be online for her senior year of high school. I didn’t really expect it to last that long, she recalled.
It was last summer that Kaitlyn’s family had to make the tough decision. She’d be missing many of the activities she looked forward to. The book fair, prom, senior retreat, just all the normal events that we did last year, she continued.
It was an even tougher decision because Kaitlyn has autism. She was non-verbal until the age of 5.