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Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Speaking as a parent of a son with high-functioning autism, this video by GoogleLabs made me cry. So many people with autism have great creativity and amazing visual thinking. The aquarium walls in one
By Frances Langum — April 2, 2012

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Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Speaking as a parent of a son with high-functioning autism, this video by GoogleLabs made me cry. So many people with autism have great creativity and amazing visual thinking. The aquarium walls in one girl's "dream house"? Marvelous.

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