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on October 13, 2008
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sibling, autism, son, video, heart, children, cleft lip, gut
My younger son, Owen, was born just as we realized Clark had autism. That is what made it so much harder. I had a newborn baby who had a cleft lip who never stopped crying, and had Clark who was three, and we never slept for three years. I had two children that needed me and I think that was why I was in such a deep dark hole.I don't regret ever that I had Owen, and it's been helpful for Clark to have a typical brother, but in a way it's made it harder because Owen realize…[more]