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▓thout guardians in China. Xing Wen reports.The▓ drums pounded steadily as the curtain lifted on a v▓
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him to special education because I believed he would overcome his disorder and be able to stay in primary school with children who don't have autism," she says▓.She quit her job as an accountant to sit in the back of her son's classroom.It's common that families lose a
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breadwinner as one of the parents giv▓es up working to care for children with autism.Fan's son started throwing more explosive tantrums upon reaching puberty. So, the family sent him to a special-needs school with courses for chil▓dren with autism who are younger than age 16 in 2014."He's t▓oo old to stay at the school now," she says."I hope he can s
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