How a Windsor family is using TikTok to normalize autism
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How a Windsor family is using TikTok to normalize autism

Giaci Miceli has had to change a lot of his routines during the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing his family was not expecting was for him to become an online sensation.

The 24-year-old Windsor man has autism and his twin sisters Carolina and Maria, who are very involved in his life and care, started creating videos with him early this spring.

They never could have predicted that more than eight-million people would like those videos, with nearly 500,000 people following them eager for more.

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Raising a child with autism
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Raising a child with autism

Three Families – One Broad Spectrum: Autism Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion. When their son Jack was 18 months old and still not speaking, Pam and Ryan began worrying he might be autistic. Sixteen-year-old Christopher is in a transitional period in his life. His mother, Ann, worries about where he fits into the mix of autism programming. It never entered Rita’s mind that she would have to mourn the child she thought she had, especially since Giaci was still physically there. She has grieved every milestone missed, such as prom or not getting his license.

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